New Fusion Technology

A British company, First Light Fusion, has achieved fusion on a budget of £45 million. Their method is to fire a high velocity projectile at a capsule of fusion material. Full story - link.

The first EVER public viewing of Helion's new fusion generator. The race to make a commercial generator is on!

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have produced the first ever net energy gain from a nuclear reaction - link.

Among computer chess people, the LLNL will be best known for the number of supercomputers they buy and run. Quick answer: lots! They've been doing this for a long time.

I have no proof, but many things I've read about them in the past have suggested to me that a major use for these supercomputers has been to help the development of nuclear weapons. Even if I'm right about that, though, this fusion work they're doing now is unambiguously for the good of humanity!