The Download: fusion power’s future, and robotic running

There’s a joke about fusion energy that at all times comes up when individuals begin speaking concerning the expertise. It goes like this: Fusion is the vitality of the long run … and it at all times might be.

Fusion reactors may sometime ship low-cost, plentiful energy with no carbon emissions. However the promise of “sometime” has been round for a very long time with out payoff. Fusion has generated a lot pleasure but in addition a lot skepticism. It’s the final word lengthy shot in vitality expertise. 

However regardless of the huge technical challenges, the promise of fusion’s round the clock energy with no carbon emissions implies that consultants say we mustn’t hand over on it. Read the full story.

Psst: our local weather reporter Casey Crownhart might be discussing the way forward for long-shot local weather applied sciences like fusion throughout our second annual ClimateTech convention, happening at MIT on October 4 and 5. Nab your ticket now!

This story first appeared in The Spark, our weekly local weather and vitality publication. Sign up to obtain it in your inbox each Wednesday.

This robotic exoskeleton can assist runners dash quicker

What’s occurred: A wearable exoskeleton can assist runners improve their velocity by encouraging them to take extra steps, permitting them to cowl brief distances extra rapidly, a brand new research has discovered.