Tag: fusion
James BKS, fusion music and Africa in the blood
” Wolves of Africa is the debut album by James BKS, son of legend Manu Dibango. A two-part album, which was built over a destiny and an extraordinary musical quest.…
What is the difference between nuclear fusion and nuclear fission?
Sometimes confused because their designations are similar, fission and fusion are however two radically different processes, both on a small and large scale! If these two terms are similar because…
Nuclear fusion: Iter could release more energy than expected
A group of researchers from the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has made an important discovery for the future of controlled fusion power generation by magnetic confinement. It therefore…
Nuclear fusion: what is it?
Sometimes two or more light atomic nuclei unite to form a heavier nucleus. We then speak of merger nuclear. The merger nuclear is in a way the opposite of nuclear…
Music: Sahad, “fusion” singer and environmental activist
Cultural guest His first name refers to the harvest in the Serer language. And we can say that with Sahad, the harvest is generous! The Senegalese singer has just released…
Nuclear fusion: DeepMind helps physicists control plasma in tokamaks
Researchers at the Variable Configuration Tokamak in Switzerland turned to DeepMind, a company specializing in artificial intelligence. Using a specially trained AI to automatically configure the magnetic fields allows them…
Private companies engage in nuclear fusion
Since the 1950s, studies to harness nuclear fusion have been the domain of public research exclusively. Today, an exponential number of private players around the world are racing and betting…
Flurona: should we be worried about a fusion of the flu with Covid-19?
What is flurona? Contraction between “flu”, the flu, and the coronavirus, should we fear this new pathology? Futura takes stock of what is currently known on this subject. You will…
Controlled fusion: what is it?
The fusion controlled is one of the dreams pursued by physicists. It is not only a question of reproducing on Earth the reactions of thermonuclear fusion that make the stars…