torsdag, september 04, 2008

HELIOTRON

Heliotron! Nej, det är INTE ett stonerrockband.

Large Hadron Collider who? Forget CERN’s little science gizmo - the supersexy science machine title [Heliotron] belongs to Japan’s Large Helical Device, the world’s largest superconducting stellarator* that employs a heliotron magnetic field. Via The Long Now Foundation

Plus, there is a large pic that looks good for your monitor’s background! (For some neat photos of the Joint European Torus nuclear fusion reactor and more, check out Kernfusie)

*A thingamajig used to contain hot plasma with magnetic field to sustain a controlled nuclear fusion reaction.

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