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The interior of the National Ignition Facility target chamber at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Credit: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory/CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
For almost 18 minutes in the dead of winter, scientists in Hefei, Anhui province, heated a 3.5 tonne donut-shaped device filled with plasma to more than 100 million degrees Celsius — more than six times the temperature of the sun’s core.
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Walmart should be in trouble in China, where its competitors are in retreat and its sourcing operations have been criticised by both Beijing and Washington. But the American retailer seems to have found a way forward in a difficult sector and remains one of the biggest benefactors of China-U.S. trade.
For almost 18 minutes in the dead of winter, scientists in Hefei, Anhui province, heated a 3.5 tonne donut-shaped device filled with plasma to more than 100 million degrees Celsius — more than six times...
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