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#42 Luís O. Silva - Physics: major recent discoveries; lasers and plasmas; nuclear fusion (2018x38)

Air date: Dec 19, 2018

Luís Oliveira e Silva is a professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico and one of Portugal's leading researchers in the field of physics, specifically lasers and plasmas. In this episode, we talked about various topics: from the latest advances in physics, to the guest's area of research - lasers and plasmas - and ending with a topic as fascinating as it is relevant: the possibility of obtaining energy through nuclear fusion.