Young scientist Jamie Edwards in atomic fusion record

  • 5 March 2014
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A 13-year-old boy from Preston has become the youngest person ever to successfully carry out atomic fusion.
Jamie Edwards built a nuclear reactor before successfully smashing two hydrogen atoms together, making helium through nuclear fusion.
 
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The very best of luck to him.

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I hope he won first prize at the science fair!
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Hi Jasper
 
Yeah, way cool...just saw that on the news at lunch time...and apparently his next project is to build his own minature copy of the LHC...now that I would like to see.
 
Regards, Baldrick

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