It consists of 1, 000 tonnes of heavy water (the sort that has deuterium, a heavy form of hydrogen, in its molecules, instead of the normal, light form of the element).

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Also, it only absorbs a sliver of the light spectrum, but the researchers are looking to other forms of the wonder element which could increase that range.

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