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China's 'artificial sun' shatters nuclear fusion record by generating steady loop of plasma for 1,000 seconds (www.livescience.com)

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The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) nuclear fusion reactor maintained a steady, highly confined loop of plasma — the high-energy fourth state of matter — for 1,066 seconds on Monday (Jan. 20), which more than doubled its previous best of 403 seconds, Chinese state media reported.

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Well, if China gets fusion... lol. Interesting times.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

That's one way to get rid of the petrodollar

[-] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Birth of the Fusyuan.

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