Harnessing Fusion: Creating a Sun on Earth

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Dec 19, 201600:39:58Science & Medicine

The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is the world's largest and most powerful laser system. Experimental physicist Tammy Ma explores how and why scientists and enginee...

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