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Nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 seconds (www.livescience.com)

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48 seconds. I predict a glut of helium. balloons for everyone

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[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How are they even containing that heat as this is obviously warm enough to melt everything in existence (as far as I know)?

[–] Dragster39@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago

ELI5 would be huge magnets. If there is something that melts everything humanity ever created and knows of, keep it away from everything. But it is a real problem, instability in the plasma leads to the need for better materials.