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Researchers use superconducting material to make clean fusion energy breakthrough: 'Virtually limitless power production'
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...tually-limitless-power-production/ar-BB1lSeLoScientists at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center reached what university press described as a "major milestone" in the realm of fusion power plants. The breakthrough could "usher in an era of virtually limitless power production," MIT News wrote.
The crux of the breakthrough is a magnet, but not just any magnet. The scientists created a new type of magnet that broke the world record for magnetic field strength, according to MIT News. Made from a high-temperature superconducting material, the magnet has a strength of 20 tesla. (For reference, a common refrigerator magnet is around 0.001 tesla, while the incredibly strong magnets used in MRI machines are 3 tesla.)