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A major breakthrough in fusion energy will be announced by scientists

A major breakthrough in fusion energy will be announced by scientists

Scientists at a federal nuclear weapons facility have made a potentially significant advance in fusion research that could lead to an abundant source of energy in the future, according to a government official. The advance is expected to be announced Tuesday by the Department of Energy, which said a “major scientific breakthrough” has been achieved …

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US Department of Energy Breakthrough: Detecting Dark Matter with Quantum Computers

In a new breakthrough, scientists from the US Department of Energy’s Fermilab have found a way to detect dark matter using quantum computers. Dark matter accounts for about 27% of the universe’s material and energy balance, but scientists don’t know much about it. They know it’s cold, which means the particles that make up dark …

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