Not getting enough rays these days? Never fear: engineers may be on the
brink of creating our own miniature
star.
While solar power is a key part of the global clean
energy strategy, scientists are pursuing other, perhaps more
promising, methods to produce fuel sources. One such possibility is the
recreation of fusion, a powerful
nuclear reaction that only occurs naturally on the blazing surfaces of stars.
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Asil Abu Lil and her two classmates, who are 14 years old and reside in the Askar refugee camp in the West Bank, built an obstacle-detecting walking stick for a class project. Next month they will take it to the the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in San Jose, CA.
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