1.   Before then all fusion research had been conducted behind a screen of secrecy.

2.   But another type of fusion research seems assured of money.

3.   But today, it is still a leader in hydrogen fusion research and is so short of cash that it can no longer afford even a receptionist.

4.   Fusion scientists say that if governments fail to fund the new design, fusion energy research will fade away.

5.   He answered their questions for two hours, drawing diagrams and providing specific mathematical and experimental results related to laser fusion research.

6.   However, a dry spell of discouragements and spending cuts for fusion research may be ending.

7.   Laser fusion research also sheds light on the physics of nuclear weapons and, hence, is financed mostly by the Pentagon.

8.   Long billed as a potentially boundless source of relatively clean energy, fusion research costs hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

9.   Most researchers use the X-rays in the service of fusion research to compress fuel pellets the same way giant lasers do.

10.   Moreover, many of the heady predictions during the early years of fusion research proved to be wildly overblown.