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[–] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I always take these 'scientists discover...' articles with a pinch of salt, but Cambridge is pretty encouraging.

[–] SJ_Zero@lemmy.fbxl.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Scientists discover" isn't the story you're really looking for, it's "Engineers design and tradespeople build a scalable pilot plant".

Scientists long have discovered ways to transmute lead into gold. The only problem is they have to do it one atom at a time at massive expense using the world's most expensive equipment. They discovered how to do it, but it isn't worth doing for something as pedestrian as gold.

[–] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

Agreed. Likely it's just another dead-end.