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Lecture series #Physics that creates knowledge at #UniStuttgart: https://www.f08.uni-stuttgart.de/phys... Prof. Dr. Hartmut Zohm Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics Garching The fusion of hydrogen nuclei is the energy source of stars. For more than 50 years, researchers have been working on making this process usable on Earth. The potential of an almost unlimited energy source for base load consumption has its appeal: the primary fuels deuterium and lithium are plentiful on Earth and the resulting radioactive waste is much less critical than fission power plants. Could this make an important contribution to solving the global energy problem? Starting with the description of the 'fusion reactor of the sun', the lecture shows how a fusion power plant on Earth is to be realized. In particular, the confinement of hot hydrogen plasmas in magnetic fields in tokamaks and stellarators is discussed, but inertial fusion is also outlined. The current status of research and the latest results are presented in detail. Finally, the plans for the ITER experiment currently under construction and various roadmaps for the fusion power plant are discussed.