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After decades of "just around the corner" promises, fusion energy just raised $13 billion in five years and achieved its first ignition milestone. Now physicist Troy Carter is helping turn that breakthrough into actual power we can use.
A nearly bankrupt company teamed up with a national lab in 1995 to create alloys that withstand extreme heat. Today, their breakthrough materials keep steel mills and chemical plants running nonstop.
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory just solved one of 3D printing's biggest problems: how to print with multiple materials at once without switching equipment or sacrificing speed. Their new system could transform everything from airplane parts to bridge construction.