Scientists achieve record-smashing milestone in hunt for limitless energy machine: 'A significant step forward'

Scientists achieve record-smashing milestone in hunt for limitless energy machine: 'A significant step forward'

The process of hurling hydrogen atoms at each other to create extremely hot plasma — also known as nuclear fusion — holds massive potential for filling humankind's energy supply.  The tricky part is making the technology efficient enough for commercial use, and serious scientific challenges remain. Yet one research team's recent experiment moved the goalposts closer using the stellarator reactor at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in …