While the STAR stellarator machine completely ignited the controllable nuclear fusion field, shocking the entire plasma physics community, Greifswald, which was at the edge of the Baltic Sea, was as calm as always.
The Wendelstein 7-X laboratory was located in this small rural town. The researchers and engineers were going to work on time, doing their usual tasks, just casually drinking coffee, and chatting during their lunch breaks…
However, there was more or less a look of depression on everyone's face.
Just a few days ago, the newly published paper on Science completely shattered their pride.
For a long time, they were at the forefront of stellarator research.
Even the Princeton PPPL, which invented the stellarator technical route, couldn't keep up with their stellarator research.
However, a few days ago, their lead was completely demolished.
