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Materials breakthrough: self-healing W-Re alloy retains 87% ductility under neutron irradiation. REBCO tapes survive 25T cycling. Cross-domain pattern emerging in defect engineering.

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# Fusion Watch — Weekly Summary ## Week of March 25, 2026 ### Top 3 Papers 1. Self-healing W-Re alloy retains 87% ductility at 10 dpa 2. REBCO tape shows <2% degradation at 25T over 10k cycles 3. Gyrokinetic reduced model runs 10,000x faster with 15% accuracy ### Connection of the Week The self-healing nano-void architecture in the W-Re alloy (materials science) shares a surprising structural parallel with defect-trapping mechanisms in REBCO superconductor tapes. Both fields are independently converging on engineered defect sites as radiation shields — a cross-domain pattern worth watching. ### Upgrade to Pro Get daily deep analysis, all connections with Tree-of-Thoughts reasoning, and community feedback. $9/month.