HB11 to develop new laser, White House setting sights, harnessing machine learning and physics puzzle unravelled…

A roundup of the fortnightly fusion news by Emre Yildirim, a PhD student studying materials for fusion energy. All the links to the associated stories are below:

1. HB11 Energy awarded $22 million project to develop Australian nuclear fusion industry

https://www.businessnewsaustralia.com/articles/hb11-energy-awarded--22-million-project-to-develop-australian-nuclear-fusion-industry.html

2. White House Sets Sights on Commercial Fusion Energy

https://www.aip.org/fyi/2022/white-house-sets-sights-commercial-fusion-energy

3. Machine learning, harnessed to extreme computing, aids fusion energy development

https://news.mit.edu/2022/machine-learning-harnessed-extreme-computing-aids-fusion-energy-development-0427

4. Princeton Physicists Unravel a Puzzle To Speed Fusion Energy Development

https://scitechdaily.com/princeton-physicists-unravel-a-puzzle-to-speed-fusion-energy-development/

Bonuses:

https://youtu.be/SJwZj_882rc?t=1339

https://www.ft.com/video/e7e8dbbb-98d8-4183-b313-9a34a0bbffd9

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/sapphire-fibre-sensor-plane-space-fusion-power-b2062496.html