• China’s ‘artificial sun’ smashes 1000-second fusion world record

    China’s ‘artificial sun’ smashes 1000-second fusion world record

    China’s ‘artificial sun’ set a new world record on Thursday by running for 1,056 seconds at high plasma temperature, the longest duration for an experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST) fusion energy reactor, Xinhua News Agency reported. EAST already scored a previous record in May, running for 101 seconds at a temperature of 120 million degrees […]

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