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Nuclear Fusion: The Race to Build a Mini-Sun on Earth
Written by Sharon Ann Holgate
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In an ongoing quest to harness nuclear fusion, the climate crisis has researchers in a race to create green energy that could solve energy equity and supply issues.
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Sharon Ann Holgate
Sharon Ann Holgate is a freelance science writer and broadcaster. She has written for Science and New Scientist and is the co-author of The Way Science Works, shortlisted for the 2003 Junior Prize in the Aventis Prizes for Science Books.
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