Chapter 245
Almost that very afternoon, news of the matter had already spread across the country.
At first, only a few science-related media outlets reported on it, but as more and more people saw the news, the buzz inevitably followed.
Perhaps thanks to nine years of compulsory education, even those who did not understand what nuclear fusion was could roughly grasp just how enormous a benefit a breakthrough in this technology would bring to human civilization.
The prospect of limitless energy alone was enough to exhilarate everyone.
Thus, major media outlets rushed to report on it, not to mention the self-media creators. Faced with such a traffic bonanza, tech bloggers and content creators all declared that work had arrived. Before long, the topic seemed to fill every platform, with the top spots on trending lists almost entirely occupied by it.
The hype was nearly on par with when Black Myth first launched. It was only because this was ultimately a scientific topic and could not rival gaming in mass appeal. Otherwise, matching Black Myth's popularity would not have been a problem at all.
EAST-S Verification Device UOmini successfully achieved three major scientific goals in controlled nuclear fusion: 1-megaampere discharge, 150 million degrees, and 370 seconds of long-duration operation. Humanity has taken another important step toward realizing controlled nuclear fusion!
Is controlled nuclear fusion close to becoming a reality? How important is controlled nuclear fusion to humanity?
UO structure—the structure most likely to achieve nuclear fusion?! Take you inside Scholar Xiao's nuclear fusion project!
Humanity reaches the Lawson Criterion for the first time in a controlled nuclear fusion experiment! And achieves magnetohydrodynamic power generation!
All sorts of eye-catching headlines made netizens following the matter unable to resist clicking in.
Opening Weibo and entering the trending list, the number one topic