Sci Fi/Sci Fact: Arc Reactor

The Arc Reactor featured in Tony Stark's first Ironman suit. It was a fusion-type power source featuring a palladium core.

James Rice, who has been researching superconducting power supplies for fusion energy applications at the Robinson Research Institute at Victoria University of Wellington - so real life arc reactors - gives us his scientific take on this Marvel comic concept.

May 13, 2024