{"id":202724,"date":"2024-12-29T14:09:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T20:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/scientists-develop-sustainable-shield-tech-on-quest-to-harness-limitless-energy-source-it-could-play-a-vital-role-in-the-future"},"modified":"2024-12-29T14:09:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T20:09:50","slug":"scientists-develop-sustainable-shield-tech-on-quest-to-harness-limitless-energy-source-it-could-play-a-vital-role-in-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/scientists-develop-sustainable-shield-tech-on-quest-to-harness-limitless-energy-source-it-could-play-a-vital-role-in-the-future","title":{"rendered":"Scientists develop \u2018sustainable shield\u2019 tech on quest to harness limitless energy source: \u2018[It] could play a vital role in the future\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/68yDP77xMxA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Researchers in Japan made a groundbreaking discovery that could bring us closer to sustainable energy from nuclear fusion reactors, paving the way for longer-lasting, more efficient clean energy systems.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0010938X24006541\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent study<\/a>, the team developed protective coatings to enhance the durability of materials used in <a href=\"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0010938X24006541\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fusion reactors<\/a>, addressing a key challenge: material degradation from extreme heat and corrosive liquid metal coolants.<\/p>\n<p>Fusion reactors, which mimic the sun\u2019s energy production process, hold huge potential as a limitless source of clean energy. However, their intense environment makes it difficult to find materials that can endure prolonged exposure to high temperatures and corrosive coolants like lithium-lead alloy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers in Japan made a groundbreaking discovery that could bring us closer to sustainable energy from nuclear fusion reactors, paving the way for longer-lasting, more efficient clean energy systems. In a recent study, the team developed protective coatings to enhance the durability of materials used in fusion reactors, addressing a key challenge: material degradation from [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[873,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nuclear-energy","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}