I would like to inquire about some weird and potentially dubious claims of net energy producing nuclear fusion.
Some hype is going around an entity called Helion. I'm having trouble finding a good description of what exactly it is that they're hyping. All the sources that I have so far are full of red flags of the "this was written by a low-clue PR person" kind. This is often a sign of Theranos-like affair, but considering the high likelihood of such a distortionary process, the things that do seem like physics-side red flags might plausibly be just mistakes by the PR person, so I'm also not, at least so far, confident that it is a grift.
If you happen to understand what it is that Helion claims to do, or better yet, have a link to a good description, please share.
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