The world needs to drastically cut carbon dioxide emissions by the middle of the century to prevent the worst impacts of climate change.
Huge sums are being poured into wind, solar, tidal, geothermal and other alternative energies. But in February, scientists in the UK announced a major step in the development of generating nuclear fusion — a new and potentially incredibly powerful energy source.
It is the reaction that powers the sun, is totally safe and — unlike current nuclear fission — it doesn't create large quantities of hazardous nuclear waste. But cracking it is also one of the hardest scientific and engineering feats ever undertaken.
However, the team at the Jet Laboratory in the UK, part of the European-wide push to bring commercial nuclear fusion online, undertook a five-second test and broke the record for energy production.
So what exactly is nuclear fusion, when will we be able to use it and can it help us stop climate change?
This week, on Beyond the Headlines, we spoke to Dr Mark Wenman, the director of the centre for doctoral training in nuclear energy futures at Imperial College London, Dr Ambrogio Fasoli, the chair of the Eurofusion Consortium that is leading the research into this new energy source, and Dana Hamad, a nuclear engineer and sustainability consultant in the UAE.
Gully Boy
Director: Zoya Akhtar
Producer: Excel Entertainment & Tiger Baby
Cast: Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Kalki Koechlin, Siddhant Chaturvedi
Rating: 4/5 stars
Cricket World Cup League 2
UAE squad
Rahul Chopra (captain), Aayan Afzal Khan, Ali Naseer, Aryansh Sharma, Basil Hameed, Dhruv Parashar, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Waseem, Omid Rahman, Rahul Bhatia, Tanish Suri, Vishnu Sukumaran, Vriitya Aravind
Fixtures
Friday, November 1 – Oman v UAE
Sunday, November 3 – UAE v Netherlands
Thursday, November 7 – UAE v Oman
Saturday, November 9 – Netherlands v UAE
How to protect yourself when air quality drops
Install an air filter in your home.
Close your windows and turn on the AC.
Shower or bath after being outside.
Wear a face mask.
Stay indoors when conditions are particularly poor.
If driving, turn your engine off when stationary.
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Moon Music
Artist: Coldplay
Label: Parlophone/Atlantic
Number of tracks: 10
Rating: 3/5
Top 10 most polluted cities
- Bhiwadi, India
- Ghaziabad, India
- Hotan, China
- Delhi, India
- Jaunpur, India
- Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Noida, India
- Bahawalpur, Pakistan
- Peshawar, Pakistan
- Bagpat, India
Cryopreservation: A timeline
- Keyhole surgery under general anaesthetic
- Ovarian tissue surgically removed
- Tissue processed in a high-tech facility
- Tissue re-implanted at a time of the patient’s choosing
- Full hormone production regained within 4-6 months
