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Rachelle Abbott

Tech & Science Daily: First Light Fusion on Nuclear breakthrough

Dr Nicholas Hawker, founder/CEO of First Light Fusion

(Picture: First Light Fusion)

A company trying to solve the problem of nuclear fusion has successfully demonstrated a cheap new way to generate power.

First Light Fusion has successfully demonstrated hot fusion, the process that fuels the sun, using its own proprietary technology.

Nick Hawker is the CEO of First Light Fusion, he told Tech & Science Daily that it could be a much safer option for the future than opting for the nuclear power plants we have today.

Police have issued a warning about cannabis sweets after a 23-year-old who consumed sweets suspected to be laced with the drug died in London.

Law student Damilola Grace Olakanmi bought the “gummies” via a messaging app; she and her friend fell ill immediately after having the sweets, which came in packaging branded with “Trrlli Peachie O’s”.

A new 3D-printed fingertip that has a sense of touch like human skin has been created by researchers at Bristol University.

It’s been made to produce artificial nerve signals, similar to the ones made by human nerve endings in the skin.

Plus Twitter’s working on an edit button, a report claims Instagram isn’t doing enough to protect women from misogynistic abuse, two big-screen actors are returning in the new Lego Star Wars game, Lexus is set to reveal its first electric car, and the Hubble telescope discovers the most distant star ever seen.

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