Scientists just set a new record in attempts to create an 'artificial Sun' down here on planet Earth. The team behind the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) in China kept their ...

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) – also called ‘artificial sun’ - has achieved the milestone of 1,006 seconds of operations for sustained plasma temperature above 180 million ...

The sun is our planet’s source of natural illumination, and though we’ve mastered making artificial light sources, it remains extremely difficult to copy our nearby star. As if matching the intensity ...

(CNN) — Scientists in South Korea have announced a new world record for the length of time they sustained temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius — seven times hotter than the sun’s core — during ...

Scientists in China have reportedly achieved an astounding breakthrough in the study of fusion power generation — bringing us one step closer to creating an infinite source of clean energy. The ...

Scientists claim that China's "Artificial Sun" nuclear reactor has more than doubled its own previous world record, confining ...

China's "artificial sun," officially known as the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), has reached a remarkable milestone. Last month, the "artificial sun" achieved a steady state of ...

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