Nuclear fusion harnesses the immense energy released by the union of two lightweight particles. This requires extremely high temperatures and pressures—literally, this is how stars power themselves—and, needless to say, there’s not much that can come out unscathed from being exposed to fusion.
That unfortunately appears to include tungsten, a rare metal touted by researchers as a promising ingredient for fusion reactors. In a recent study published in Physical Review Letters, physicists ran large-scale simulations that revealed tungsten was far more vulnerable to deterioration inside fusion reactors than was previously believed. What made…
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