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Things You Thought You Knew - Fun with Fusion

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Are They Just Making Me, What Are They Doing?

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories is home to the world's most powerful laser. Lasers aim them all at a tiny target and they cause the target to explode. Under those conditions, you can take two atoms, light atom, right? And merge them into a heavier atom.

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