CANTON, N.Y. (WETM) – Earlier this month, scientists made a breakthrough in nuclear fusion—the process that powers the sun—by producing more energy in a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it. And Corning, Inc. played a major role in the “high-energy laser system” that made the breakthrough possible.
Corning Inc. announced that its fused silica components manufactured in Canton, N.Y. served “as laser transport optics” at the heart of the process. The glass company has worked with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory—where the fusion happened—since the 1980s.
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Fusion is the process of pressing atoms together so forcefully that they combine and become a new element, and, in the process, release huge amounts of heat and energy. As Corning explained in more scientific terms,…