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    When your result breaks the laws of physics, you need to check your measurements and maths just to be sure. Better yet, have others do it for you.

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      This isn’t a physics breaking finding. It’s breaking the Greenwald density limit in tokamaks. Some other types of fusions reactors can go above this limit by 2-5 times.

      In this case they’re getting past that limit in the Chinese reactor. We had/have a limited understanding of exactly why this limit exists so hopefully these guy’s research can help us figure out a way to get past the limit and achieve higher energy production.

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        Gotta love science reporters. “Thought to be impossible.”

        “A 747 jet took off from New York’s Kennedy airport this morning, accomplishing a feat once thought to be impossible.”