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LiberalArkie

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11. I saw it on the tech news, yesterday I think. And then the Trump deal... Really Strange.
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 12:02 PM
Dec 18

There has not been the much about Nuno Loureiro yet..

BROOKLINE, Mass. — A world-renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor and fusion-energy physicist was shot and killed inside his home earlier this week, an attack that has rattled one of the country’s most elite scientific communities.

Nuno F. Gomes Loureiro, 47, was a professor of nuclear science and engineering and the director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center. Loureiro was a renowned figure in fusion-energy research, a field that seeks to recreate the power of the sun inside fusion reactors on Earth. His theories and models helped guide major fusion experiments in the United States and Europe.

Loureiro was rushed to a hospital with "apparent gunshot wounds" Monday evening and pronounced dead Tuesday morning, according to the Norfolk District Attorney's Office in Massachusetts. A homicide investigation is underway.

No suspect has been identified and the motive for the killing is still unknown.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/who-was-nuno-loureiro-mit-professor-gunned-down-in-apartment-near-university/ar-AA1SB09w?ocid=BingNewsSerp

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Uhh...Strange coincidence ... MIT professor killed in shooting at home LiberalArkie Dec 18 #1
I am glad you noticed this too. Hugin Dec 18 #7
I saw it on the tech news, yesterday I think. And then the Trump deal... Really Strange. LiberalArkie Dec 18 #11
Start the "meltdown" jokes... CaptainTruth Dec 18 #2
Neither have any hope of reality. NNadir Dec 18 #3
Doesn't Bill Gates have a sizeable financial interest in developing and promoting nuclear fusion, as well? nt in2herbs Dec 18 #4
Does he have a social media company as part of it? niyad Dec 18 #8
Interesting. Regardless of what Trumpy does or does not do, I went in and looked at TAE. PatrickforB Dec 18 #5
I'd suggest that in this field, no company's word should be taken for how good it is muriel_volestrangler Dec 18 #9
A scam merging with a boondoggle. Miguelito Loveless Dec 18 #6
It's likely the fusion company wants something from Trump, maybe some approval they couldn't get highplainsdem Dec 18 #10
"MORE MONEY in MY pockets!" says the TACO. ProudMNDemocrat Dec 18 #12
I guess that old emoluments clause just doesn't apply anymore Bayard Dec 18 #13
Gee, is it too late to invest? twodogsbarking Dec 18 #14
coincidences take a lot of planning duckworth969 Dec 18 #15
The timing of CFS, TAE's biggest competitor, having such an unfortunate setback really is uncanny. still-prayin4rain Dec 20 #17
I've been wait for nuclear power to lower my energy bills since 1986 or so when Wolf Creek went online Bengus81 Dec 18 #16
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