Student built a $2,000 working fusion reactor in their bedroom

In just four weeks, Hudhyfa Nazoorden created an artificial reactor with just $2,000 budget, using online purchased pieces, according to The Brighterside.The little sleeper of a student became...

Student built a $2,000 working fusion reactor in their bedroom

A student’s small bedroom has become a hotspot for nuclear fusion experiments. With no fancy lab or deep-pocketed sponsors, the work is entirely driven by curiosity and grit. Hudhayfa Nazoordeen, a math major at the University of Waterloo, built a functioning plasma reactor from scratch—right on campus. In just four weeks, Nazoordeen created a homemade fusor on a budget of only $2,000. The parts came from online retailers, some of them meant for…