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China’s "Artificial Sun" Just Smashed a Key Fusion Barrier and Physics May Never Be the Same

China’s "Artificial Sun" Just Smashed a Key Fusion Barrier and Physics May Never Be the Same8+ hour, 26+ min ago   (743+ words) Fusion reactor breaches the "Greenwald limit," hinting at smaller, cheaper power plants. Fusion physicists have always been haunted by a ghost in the machine known as the Greenwald limit. It's a frustratingly empirical ceiling: try to cram too much plasma…...