The 1938 Experiment That Could Open the Door to a Nuclear Fusion Boom (oilprice.com)

I wish they would have spent a couple of paragraphs on how and why this alternative had been overlooked for so long.

Boom. Not a good word when discussion Nuclear Fusion. Current technology is quite good at Boom. Though the energy generation folks aren't trying to go there. Although some of the research setups seem to get (quite) excited when the magnetic field conks out.