French scientist leading nuclear fusion project dies at 72
Bernard Bigot, a French scientist leading a vast international effort to demonstrate that nuclear fusion can be a viable source of energy, has died. He was 72.
Bernard Bigot, a French scientist leading a vast international effort to demonstrate that nuclear fusion can be a viable source of energy, has died. He was 72.
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Plasma Physics
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Materials Science
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General Physics
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Optics & Photonics
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