Not cold fusion all over again
Aug 21, 2025•30 min
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Episode description
A desktop nuclear fusion reactor that uses electrochemistry to up the ante. Also, a global survey of human wildfire exposures finds Africa burning ahead, plus tiny swarming robots and record-breaking 2024 ice melts from glaciers on Svalbard.
Presenter: Roland Pease Producer: Alex Mansfield Production co-ordinator: Jana Holesworth
(Photo: The Thunderbird Reactor at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Credit: Berlinguette Group/UBC)
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