Scientists will ignite man-made star to help create energy
Posted by Peter Owen | Filed under science
In the spring, a team will begin attempts to ignite a tiny man-made star inside a laboratory and trigger a thermonuclear reaction.
Its goal is to generate temperatures of more than 100 million degrees Celsius and pressures billions of times higher than those found anywhere else on earth, from a speck of fuel little bigger than a pinhead. If successful, the experiment will mark the first step towards building a practical nuclear fusion power station and a source of almost limitless energy.
This sound safe to anyone? I have a feeling this may be similar to the spooky communication between particles in that the properties can only be maintained while it’s something very small (or big in this case). But I guess we shall see.
via Scientists plan to ignite tiny man-made star – Telegraph.
One Response to “Scientists will ignite man-made star to help create energy”
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araxee Says:
December 31st, 2008 at 10:19 amI heard about this. I think it was on CBS Sunday Morning. I’m actually kinda fascinated by it. It does sound a little scary, but I think most great discoveries in science always seem like we are exploring areas that man should not have control over (ie. Cloning).
