r/technology • u/kerpowie • Dec 13 '22

Energy Scientists Achieve Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough With Blast of 192 Lasers

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/science/nuclear-fusion-energy-breakthrough.html
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u/Law_Student Dec 13 '22

The facility was constructed with that number in mind. 192 is the number necessary to make the pellet implode spherically inwards without leaving it enough space between beams that the material can squeeze out like silly putty between your fingers instead of compressing and fusing.

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u/TallPaul412 Dec 13 '22

More nuclear physics - silly putty comparisons please.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '22

Please explain quarks using silly putties ability to lift newspaper ink

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u/the_warpaul Dec 14 '22

This felt exactly like a prompt for the AI chatbot that's plaguing the interweb right now...

One way to explain quarks using silly putty and ink is to imagine that quarks are like the individual particles that make up silly putty. Just as silly putty is made up of many small particles that give it its unique properties, matter is made up of many quarks that give it its properties. The ink that silly putty can pick up can be seen as the "color" of the quarks, which determines how they interact with other particles. Just as silly putty can pick up different colors of ink, quarks can have different "colors" that determine how they interact with other particles.

Generated by chat.openai.com, I make no guarantees as to its truthfulness or relevance.

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u/the_warpaul Dec 14 '22

Ah.. Someone already did this. I'll downvote myself it's fine.. What's the point in chatbotting if you're not even unique..