Watch again as scientists announce a breakthrough in nuclear fusion that could bring limitless clean energy and help the fight against climate change.

On Tuesday, scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California announced that they have achieved the “holy grail” of getting more energy out of a fusion reaction than it took to trigger it.

The team reportedly used 2.1 megajoules of energy to create the conditions for the reaction, and achieved a 2.5 megajoules return – an achievement known as fusion ignition.

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