• China’s artificial sun maintains 100 million °C plasma for over 17 minutes, setting a new world record

    ByRishav Kothari

    China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), commonly known as the “artificial sun,” set a new world record on January 20, 2025, by sustaining plasma temperatures of over 100 million °C (180 million °F) for 1 066 seconds (17.7 minutes). The projects ultimate goal is to provide a source of limitless clean energy and facilitate space exploration beyond the solar system.

  • Scientists bring energy-efficient nuclear fusion closer to reality

    ByTW

    American scientists have made a giant leap forward in the realm of energy-efficient nuclear fusion, overcoming a key obstacle to making such reactors a reality.

    Researchers have managed to demonstrate that they can now produce more energy than what is put into