MIT just had a nuclear fusion breakthrough.

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By Nathanael JohnsonMar 9, 2018, 5:06 pm205 pts
Since the 1950s, we’ve been hearing that fusion was just 20 years away. But there is something genuinely novel about a collaboration project between MIT and a private company, Commonwealth Fusion Systems. The team is using a new, relatively cheap material to make extra-strong magnets — a crucial part of…

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