Sentences with phrase «initiate nuclear fusion»

An American research team in January discovered a way to initiate nuclear fusion reactions in a process called «fast ignition» by using a high - intensity laser, according to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Lasers are used to cut metal, slice through tissue during surgery, trap atoms, and even initiate nuclear fusion.

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Could these conditions initiate or facilitate nuclear fusion, as suggested in the recent movie «Chain Reaction»?

It spends much of its time monitoring the light from around 60 of the nearest ultracool dwarf stars and brown dwarfs («stars» which are not quite massive enough to initiate sustained nuclear fusion in their cores), looking for evidence of planetary transits.