Plasma physics: The fusion upstarts
https://www.nature.com/news/plasma-physics-the-fusion-upstarts-1.15592 Fuelled by venture capital and a lot of hope, alternative fusion technologies are heating up. Hubert Kang Photography General Fusion’s reactor would use massive pistons to crush fuel in a spinning vortex of liquid lead. To reach one of the world’s most secretive nuclear-fusion companies, visitors must wind their way through a suburban office … Read more