For more than half a century now, the world's top scientists have been trying to build a fusion device that would essentially replicate and miniaturize the power of the Sun. This so-called Star in a Jar vision would provide the Earth with clean, safe and practically limitless energy -- forever.
As you might suspect, the technology required to build such a device is daunting. And by "daunting," we mean "screamingly, mind-rendingly complex." But according to a recent major announcement from the U.S. Dept. of Energy, plans for a viable nuclear fusion device are officially on the table.
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