Recreating the sun's energy in a hamster wheel
Scientists have long been looking for a way to create energy through the power of fusion. While they have managed to generate a spark, they can't maintain it for more and a few seconds.
Bildunterschrift:
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in the German city of Greifswald have begun experimenting with a technical alternative. A prototype should be up and running by 2014 that is meant to prove that nuclear fusion reactors can be operated continuously.
Audios and videos on the topic
DW-WORLD.DE
German scientists discover wonders of Great Barrier Reef
Bildunterschrift: The Great Barrier Reef is home to thousands of different species, many of them unique
A German research team recently returned from an expedition to the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia. It made some spectacular discoveries: organisms that have existed for more than 65 million years, and have hardly changed since the age of the dinosaurs.
Audios and videos on the topic
GLOBAL IDEAS
50 stories, 5 continents, 1 theme: showcasing passionate people and innovative projects from around the world aimed at combating climate change.
From coastal protection in the Philippines to solar powered clinics in Senegal to secondhand hydropower plants in Honduras, we have it all. We give you a first hand look at the people and ideas involved.
#moreWWWLinksText#
Recommended reading
Want more science and technology news? This is what DW editors are reading.
