nuclear fusion

noun

physics
: a process in which the nuclei of atoms are joined

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What began as a way to stay busy may now earn him a spot in Guinness World Records as the youngest person to achieve nuclear fusion. Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026 In December, Nuno Loureiro, a MIT physicist who was considered a leader in his field of nuclear fusion, was shot and killed in his home in Brookline, Massachusetts. Frank Landymore, Futurism, 26 Feb. 2026 GDPs skyrocket; cities are powered by clean nuclear fusion; dictatorships fall across the world; humanity begins to colonize the stars. Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026 Like all neutron stars, pulsars are born when stars with masses around that of the sun reach the end of their fuel for nuclear fusion and can no longer support themselves against gravitational collapse. Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nuclear fusion

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