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After so many years of hype around fusion it's hard to take press releases seriously. This bit at least offers some hope:

"The researchers have successfully tested the prototype’s ability to sustain a plasma efficiently, and as they further develop and expand the size of the device they can ramp up to higher-temperature plasma and get significant fusion power output."

Unfortunately they don't mention how long the plasma was sustained.



Hype is a double edged sword. Without it, nobody pays any attention and you can't raise money. With it, everyone ends up disappointed and you can't raise money. :)


Yeah, that seems to imply they've already achieved a sustained fusion reaction. Seems like that would be big news on it's own.


The dynomak paper abstract (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0920379614...) makes it all sound conceptual/simulated.




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