After a decade of research, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a breakthrough in nuclear fusion. Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have discovered a way to harness the energy from nuclear fusion. It is a major milestone! "It’s a technology that has the potential to one day accelerate the planet’s shift away from fossil fuels, which are the major contributors to climate change. The technology has long struggled with daunting challenges. Scientists have long understood how nuclear fusion has worked and have been trying to duplicate the process on Earth as far back as the 1930s. Current efforts focus on fusing a pair of hydrogen isotopes — deuterium and tritium — according to the Department of Energy, which says that particular combination releases “much more energy than most fusion reactions” and requires less heat to do so." https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/watch-live-energy-department-announces-major-breakthrough-in-fusion-energy-research