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Submission + - Fusion Energy: Definition, Links to articles, and Quotes

Submitted by Futurepower(R)
Futurepower(R) writes: Amazing! Fusion Energy would change our lives in many very positive ways.

Food would be much cheaper. All cars and trucks would eventually be electric, no pollution.

> Definition
Fusion energy is the process of combining light atomic nuclei (typically deuterium and tritium) to form heavier ones, releasing massive amounts of energy, mimicking the sun's power.

> World Economic Forum
5 ways fusion energy can change the world for the better
Feb 16, 2023, more than 3 years ago.
https://www.weforum.org/storie...

"Fusion energy is arguably the most exciting human discovery since fire. From the way we heat our homes to more water in times of drought, here’s just a glimpse of how fusion power could help change the world."

"Under the fusion-powered grow lights, hydroponically grown strawberries or lettuce or other crops can be grown to maturity without the use of pesticides and other harsh chemicals."

> U.S. Department of Energy
DOE Explains...Fusion Energy Science
https://www.energy.gov/science...

"A pickup truck filled with fusion fuel has the equivalent energy of 2 million metric tons of coal, or 10 million barrels of oil."

> ITER ("The Way" in Latin) is one of the most ambitious energy projects in the world today.
https://www.iter.org/fusion-en...

"Some of the advantages of fusion:"

"Abundant energy: Fusing atoms together in a controlled way releases nearly four million times more energy than a chemical reaction such as the burning of coal, oil or gas..."

"No CO. No long-lived radioactive waste. No risk of meltdown."

> Fusion developers go public as AI boom widens funding sources
March 23, 2026 Investment in Fusion stocks
https://www.reuters.com/busine...

> Fusion Industry Association
https://www.fusionindustryasso...

> Fusion news from MIT, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
https://news.mit.edu/topic/fus...

> Dallas Teen Builds Groundbreaking Nuclear Fusion Reactor
Mar. 29, 2026
https://nationaltoday.com/us/t...

"12-year-old Aidan McMillan achieves fusion, becoming the youngest person to replicate the sun's energy source".

> Best Fusion Energy Stocks of 2026 and How to Invest in Them
Jan 30, 2026
https://www.fool.com/investing...

Submission + - AMD says it will buy Intel (techspot.com)

Submitted by ZipNada
ZipNada writes: In a move that feels less like a corporate transaction and more like the final punchline to a 40-year industry rivalry, AMD announced Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire Intel, the company it has spent decades chasing, imitating, undercutting, suing, licensing from, and lately outperforming.

The all-stock transaction, which AMD described as a "once-in-a-generation opportunity to unify x86 innovation," would combine the two companies under a single umbrella just a few years after such an outcome would have sounded ridiculous.

For most of modern computing history, Intel was the empire and AMD the scrappy survivor, the perpetual second source that somehow kept finding ways to stay alive. Now, after a bruising run of manufacturing delays, product stumbles, strategic resets, and a historic reversal in investor confidence, Intel is poised to be absorbed by the smaller company it long treated as a footnote.

Comment So the robot installs like humans but faster? dumb (Score 1) 54

by Locutus (#66068850) Attached to: This Friendly Robot Just Installed 100 MW of Solar Power
Why would they build a machine which just does what humans do in the field instead of building a stationary machine in a factory which builds 20' long sections which fit on a Semi trailer( 2 sections end to end and 2 sections side by side ) and then just have a standard crane on wheels run the sections out onto pre-installed posts? They are talking about "utility scale" installations so the ground has been leveled and prepped so it's not like the custom layouts needed for root-top distributed solar installations.

It seems short sighted when companies build robots which just mimic what humans do with our limited 2 short arms and 5 digit hands.

LoB

Submission + - Thorny issue plaguing lithium-ion batteries laid bare in new study (phys.org)

Submitted by alternative_right
alternative_right writes: Lithium dendrites, i.e. tiny crystalline thorns that grow off of lithium-ion battery anodes during charging, have been a persistent challenge for the world's most widely used form of energy storage. "Dendrites can penetrate the battery's separator, causing catastrophic short circuits and safety hazards," said Qing Ai, a former research scientist at Rice University who is a first author on a new study published in Science that reports for the first time exactly how these tricky structures behave inside batteries. "Despite decades of study, the fundamental nanomechanical properties of lithium dendrites remained a mystery—until now."

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