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The 22 Biggest Science Breakthrough
Chamath: The demonstration of net energy gain from the National Ignition Facility in plasma fusion that we talked about last week. I wouldn't call it a breakthrough, by the way. It's more of a milestone along a very long path,. A very difficult work that's been taking decades. Chamath: We've seen an increase of nearly 40% in the number of fusion startups and the amount of capital that's flowing in is now reaching 10 billion a year. So this is becoming a real investable or an area that's getting real investment.