Fusion is the process of forcing the nuclei of atoms so close together that they fuse into a nucleus of a new element. (Fission, of course, is the opposite: energy produced by splitting nuclei.) The new, fused nucleus weighs less than the original two.

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Even those setting off the firecrackers would dart out into the road, light the fuse and then rush back into a doorway to take shelter from the downpour.

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"The fuse that turned my car into Linda Blair, " says Bird.

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China also plans to fuse all of its cable companies into one, its ten regional airlines into three, and so on.

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Drinks (usually based on brown spirits and bitters) are mixed and poured into a wooden barrel, allowing the flavours to fuse.

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Aldridge said the test in Nevada involved dropping a laser-guided bomb into a tunnel and exploding it with a delayed fuse.

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In 1918, Mining baron Spencer Penrose converted the Broadmoor Gambling Hall into the hotel it is today, hoping to fuse European elegance with frontier hospitality.

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With Japan's economy spiraling deeper into downturn, the world may wonder why the fuse of the country's debt bomb has burned so long with so little domestic response.

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The Hungarian government lit the fuse in late 1989, when it granted East Germans who made their way into Hungary a clear transit to West Germany.

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Furthermore, Fuse Science found someone who knows what it takes to get its product onto other television shows and ultimately, into the homes of more Americans.

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