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Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor by wbl on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @07:26PM (#36871132)
We miniaturized fusion 70 years ago and they named a bathing suit after it. Keeping it going is the hard part, and it was messy.
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Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor by mjlawson on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @07:36PM (#36871215)
I'm quite happy it didn't keep going, though not for lack of trying.
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Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor by wiz21c on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @03:58AM (#36874426)
Some how, I read : "I'm quite happy it didn't keep going, though not for lack of _f_rying."

Besides, what's the bathing suit name reference ? I don't get it.

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Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor by Filligree on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @04:46AM (#36874756)
The bikini islands.
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Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor by narism on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @05:02AM (#36874855)
The bikini swimsuit was named after the Bikini Atoll. A bit of a mixup from OP though: it wasn’t named after fusion bombs. The bikini swimsuit was announced a few days after the first public fission bomb test there (Crossroads Able) in 1946. The first fusion bomb test there (Castle Bravo) wasn’t until 1954.
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Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor by jacquesm on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @07:49PM (#36871300)
Fair enough. I should have written 'controlled fusion'. But you're 100% right.
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