In recent years, scientists have made great strides toward harnessing nuclear fusion, in hopes to one day create reactors that produce near-limitless clean energy.
But now, a pair of researchers has discovered a new subatomic event that releases energy in amounts beyond all expectations.
Scientists found that certain types of elementary particles known as quarks can achieve fusion in a powerful ‘quarksplosion,’ resulting in eight times more energy than that released in the individual processes at the heart of hydrogen bombs. Continue reading “Groundbreaking ‘quarksplosion’ discovery can make ten times as much energy as nuclear fusion”