Chill out desk: Nuclear fusion & fission

Nuclear energy can provide the world with much of its electricity needs but many people are worried about it. Scientist Joe Kaplinsky explains what nuclear energy is and answers the four major objections to it:...

Cold fusion is back: scientists report evidence

Scientists at the US Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR) in San Diego, California, reported scientific evidence supporting the existence of cold fusion at a meeting of the American Chemical Society at Salt Lake City in Utah, United States, on Monday.The...

Laser vision fuels energy future

"When the first lasers were developed in the 1960s they were described as "a solution looking for a problem." Today, the beams of light are ubiquitous, crammed into everything from CD players and phone networks to supermarket checkouts and research laboratories. They have...

Achieve nuclear fusion. At home.

Have you ever wanted to achieve nuclear fusion with equipment you built at home? I know I haven't. But Thiago Olson has and so he did. He researched eBay, and went to the hardware store and picked up equipment:...

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