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		US-Japan team hails H2-boron plasma fusion breakthrough (rechargenews.com)
		33 points by raphar on March 1, 2023 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 3 comments

LatteLazy on March 2, 2023 | [–]

Breakthrough: a term used to describe marginal and unimportant changes in fusion projects that will make no immediate difference to anyone.

mr_toad on March 2, 2023 | | [–]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-reversed_configuration

juliangmp on March 2, 2023 | [–]

>Inventing fusion reactors that produce net energy is one thing

Uh isnt that what they haven't been able achieve for decades now?

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