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Scientists Recreate the Melting ‘Diamond Rain’ of Neptune and Uranus. It May Help Fusion Power


A U.S. government lab has recreated the truly alien conditions that melt diamonds deep inside ice giant planets—and the technique could triple the energy gains for some fusion reactors.

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