The ultra-dense deuterium could be a very fuel-efficient nuclear fusion

Scientists in atmospheric science from the Department of Chemistry, University of Gothenburg in Sweden, have a material producing hundreds of thousands of times heavier than water and denser than hydrogen which is inside the sun. Researchers working with this material try to facilitate a process of generating more sustainable and less harmful than nuclear energy we use today.

The ultra-dense deuterium could be a very fuel-efficient nuclear fusion processes assisted by laser (see NIF project). This material is a million times denser than frozen deuterium, which greatly facilitates the creation of a nuclear fusion reaction in the presence of lighting pulse high power laser.

"If we could produce large quantities of deuterium ultra-dense, the merger process could become the energy source of the future. And it could be available much sooner than we thought, "says Leif Holmlid. "Moreover, we believe it would be possible to design for deuterium fusion occurs only helium and hydrogen as by-products, two totally harmless substances." If we achieve this goal could be to abandon the idea of developing future fusion reactors based on the use of highly radioactive tritium, and focus on methods more sustainable and less harmful to the environment as the laser-assisted.

Deuterium is an ultra-dense heavy material so that a cube with sides measuring 10 inches would weigh 130 tonnes.