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A radio-wave trick from the 1980s could keep fusion reactors running continuously

The coil in question, a central solenoid, works a lot like a transformer. It keeps ramping up its own current to induce one in the plasma, but it eventually runs out of room to ramp. Those stop-start cycles also wear on the machine over time, so engineers would much rather...

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