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Scientists announced Tuesday that they have for the first time produced more energy in a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it a major breakthrough in the decades-long quest to harness the process that powers the sun.
Researchers and outside experts acknowledge it will likely take decades more before fusion might one day be used to produce nearly limitless carbon-free energy.
A major advance in fusion research announced in Washington on Tuesday was decades in coming. Scientists say that for the first time, they’ve been able to engineer a reaction that