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Nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 seconds (www.livescience.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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48 seconds. I predict a glut of helium. balloons for everyone

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You gotta make up for the research costs.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Is this experiment not govt funded?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Has that ever stopped them before?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Yup. To be fair, they never specified who was actually responsible for the cost of research. US pharma companies do that all the time - the majority of pharmaceutical research is heavily subsidized so, their just double-dipping.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

In that case, got to pay those lobbyists.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago

government what