Plasma Breakthrough

Scientists make breakthrough discovery that could change our understanding of universe: 'Only possible through countless discussions and debates'

Think of stirring a pot of soup, if you stir hard enough, all the liquid goes round and round, helped by all the heat mixing everything. At high enough temperatures, the pot of soup goes crazy and boils over. In a plasma like this, it's always trying to boil over, and they've finally figured out exactly how it does so. Superhigh temperatures like a fusion reactor, don't obey anyone's theories, and this is the first real chance they have to stir the pot, and figure out what's happening.

Almost certainly, this will involve nonlinear temporal dynamics, and it will be a few years before we hear much more, but its similar to figuring out the temperature at which water freezes, and vital for countless applications.