Using a mix of 20 percent deuterium and 80 percent hydrogen, the team managed to hold stable a 50 centimeter (1.6 foot) long column of plasma enough to achieve fusion, evidenced by a signature generation of neutrons being emitted.
We're only talking 5 microseconds worth of neutrons here, so don't clear space in your basement for your Z-Pinch 3000 Home Fusion Box quite yet. But the stability was 5,000 times longer than you'd expect without such a method being used, showing the principle is ripe for further study.
Re: Researchers Just Demonstrated Nuclear Fusion in a Device Small Enough to Keep at Home
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:59 am
by pineapplemike
how quickly will that charge my smart phone
Re: Researchers Just Demonstrated Nuclear Fusion in a Device Small Enough to Keep at Home
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:02 am
by Speaker to Animals
Atomic iPhones. What could possibly go wrong??
Re: Researchers Just Demonstrated Nuclear Fusion in a Device Small Enough to Keep at Home
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:39 am
by The Conservative
Speaker to Animals wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:02 am
Atomic iPhones. What could possibly go wrong??
By the time we get to that point, we will all be dead, so I won't be worrying about it.
Re: Researchers Just Demonstrated Nuclear Fusion in a Device Small Enough to Keep at Home