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Princeton Researchers Find A Lower-Energy Route To Fusion Ignition Authored by Haley Zaremba via OilPrice.com, A new Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory model finds that heating plasma first and compressing it second could sharply cut the energy needed to reach fusion ignition. Tungsten at just one part in 10,000 could double the pressure ignition requires, a red flag for the dozen-plus next-gen machines built with tungsten walls. The findings are theoretical, but a liquid lithium coating could keep tungsten out of the plasma as AI-era money keeps pouring into fusion. A new model for nuclear...

Futures Rise, Oil And Yields Dip Ahead Of First Fed Hike In Three Years Futures are higher into Fed Day where consensus is for a 25bp hike, the first since July 2023, with unknown levels of communication, and the question is what the dot plot shows (see preview here). S&P 500 futures are up by 0.3%, finding relief after days of selling as traders wait Kevin Warsh to deliver an expected interest-rate hike that will help ease fears that inflation may spiral. Nasdaq futures are up 0.6%, with Intel shares jumping...

Another Two Historic Churches Explode Into Flames... Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Two more historic churches are gone. Burned to the ground like hundreds more before them. In downtown Grand Rapids, fire tore through a 133-year-old building owned by LaGrave Avenue Christian Reformed Church late Wednesday night. While in Pennington, Alabama, the Ebenezer Baptist Church - a congregation founded in 1850 - was reduced to a total loss in a late-night blaze days earlier. The official language surrounding the causes is already familiar: under investigation, unknown. The buildings are not coming...