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China's HL-3 tokamak generated a magnetic field, marking a major milestone in fusion research. It places China among the leaders in nuclear fusion technology.

Jan. 25, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

Chinese scientists and engineers who run the 6 billion yuan Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) project are setting records.

Superheated plasma reached 126 million degrees Fahrenheit for 17 minutes

The experimental fusion reactor sustained the temperatures for a record-breaking 17 minutes.

Good news for fusion energy progress and a new world record for the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as its Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), or "artifical sun," maintains 70 million degrees Celsius (126 million °F) for 1,056 seconds.

Supercooled rare-earth barium copper oxide could be the magic ingredient that lets humanity finally make a successful fusion engine.

Chinese fusion breakthrough brings world closer to unlimited clean energy as reactor sustains reaction at 150 million degrees Celsius.

A nuclear fusion reactor in China, dubbed the "artificial sun," has broken its own record to bring humanity one step closer to near-limitless clean energy.

South Korean scientists have set a new world record using the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) device, an "artificial Sun" nuclear...

China recently reached a milestone with an "artificial sun," but it's a lot more exciting and less terrifying than the internet thinks.

The breakthrough by the Institute of Plasma Physics (ASIPP) at the Hefei Institute of Physical Science represents a significant step forward in the quest for fusion power...

A research team led by Prof. Lyu Bo from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has improved the diagnostic accuracy of X-ray Crystal Spectroscopy (XCS) and investigated a series of fusion reactor-related spectral lines on tungsten (W) and xenon (Xe) at the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST).

China's artificial sun just outshined our own sun.

The EAST reactor successfully contained plasma for over 17 minutes—more than double its previous time.

Over the last three years, electricity generation from fusion has moved from the realm of science fiction to the brink of serious development. A lot has happened, but challenges remain before fusion arrives on

A research team led by Prof. Huang Liansheng from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a new generation of poloidal field coil power supply (rated current ± 15kA).

Useful, cost-effective nuclear fusion remains a distant dream, despite a small step in the right direction from the government's NIF reactor.

Economically viable fusion energy will be one of the greatest boons in human history, but it remains frustratingly elusive

Back in Dec 2020 we wrote about the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) magnetic fusion reactor's record-breaking feat of heating hydrogen plasma up to 100 megakelvins for 20 secon...