nuclear fusion

noun

physics
: a process in which the nuclei of atoms are joined

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The favorite to supplant Mr. Scholz, Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democrats, has promised to slash regulation — including scaling back some climate goals — reduce taxes and build new advanced nuclear fusion reactors in a bid to push energy costs down. Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025 Solar and wind energy are key for these ambitions, as Germany’s efforts towards winning energy from nuclear fusion — which is widely deemed a highly sustainable power source — are still in the research and planning stage. Sophie Kiderlin,sam Meredith, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025 Material falling onto the center collects and heats up, forming a protostar—an object that can be massive, hot and bright but that doesn’t have enough pressure in its core (yet) to ignite nuclear fusion and shine as a true star. Phil Plait, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2025 Yet blobs of dark matter were busy pulling in the surrounding gas, some of it condensing enough to set off nuclear fusion. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nuclear fusion

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