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Clean energy could be 'closer than ever' after a nuclear fusion machine smashed a record (qz.com)

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Clean energy could be 'closer than ever' after a nuclear fusion machine smashed a record::JET's final nuclear fusion experiment produced a record-breaking 69 megajoules of heat. Nice.

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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 48 points 7 months ago

https://www.newsweek.com/energy-nuclear-fusion-test-jet-world-record-1868146

"By my estimate this is enough energy to make over 600 cups of tea," professor Stuart Mangles—a physicist from Imperial College London, England—said in a statement.

[-] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 35 points 7 months ago

The most English measurement.

[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

The British version of Americans measuring things in football fields

[-] CaptainMcMonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Wait, how big IS a football field?

[-] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

About 50 bald eagle wingspans.

[-] hydration9806@lemmy.ml 0 points 7 months ago

It's 20.7 Ford F150s long

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