Startups Gamble on Fusion Energy
(undark.org)
In 1989, a pair of chemists boasted at having achieved fusion — that is, harnessing the same type of energy that’s produced by the sun — in room-temperature water. The infamous “cold fusion” announcement generated excitement around the world. But no one was able to replicate the result, and the claims were quickly rejected and ridiculed.
In 1989, a pair of chemists boasted at having achieved fusion — that is, harnessing the same type of energy that’s produced by the sun — in room-temperature water. The infamous “cold fusion” announcement generated excitement around the world. But no one was able to replicate the result, and the claims were quickly rejected and ridiculed.