nuclear fusion

noun

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

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OpenAI and Softbank are big backers of nuclear fusion developer Helion, which has already presold electricity to Microsoft. Christopher Helman, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025 That can happen when a star runs out its fuel supply needed to maintain nuclear fusion reactions happening at its core. Julian Dossett, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2025 Tony Avelar | Bloomberg | Getty Images How the U.S. is losing ground to China in nuclear fusion, as AI power needs surge China and the U.S. are in a race to create the first grid-scale nuclear fusion energy. Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2025 These bodies with masses between 13 and 75 times the mass of Jupiter (or 1.3% to 7.5% the mass of the sun) are, therefore, much fainter than regular main sequence stars, despite the fact that some nuclear fusion does happen within them. Robert Lea, Space.com, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nuclear fusion

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