Google could move a step closer to nuclear fusion

Nuclear fusion, the holy grail of limitless energy production, may have moved a step closer thanks to a new computer algorithm. Since the 1950s, scientists have been trying to recreate the process which powers the sun and attempts have been getting tantalisingly close in recent years. A new breakthrough by Google relies on using an algorithm to speed up experiments on plasma, the super heated balls of gas that the technology relies on. The Optometrist algorithm sorts through simulated settings that would keep the plasma under check. This allows human operators to select the best candidates, rather than having to run each experiment manually.