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Fusion propulsion for interstellar travel, why ice is slippery, fireworks lit the fuse on science funding

Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:29:22
Publish Date: 2019-11-07 09:17:53
Description:

This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features an interview with Richard Dinan, who has made a remarkable career change from reality television star to fusion entrepreneur. Hamish Johnston visited Dinan at his start-up company Pulsar Fusion to find out why he is fascinated with nuclear fusion and chat about his plans to develop a fusion-based thruster for space travel.

Also this week, Margaret Harris talks about a breakthrough in our understanding of why ice is slippery and Matin Durrani explains how the development of fireworks played a key role in the early days of modern science.

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