Researchers in France have set an impressive new record. For 22 breathtaking minutes, blazing-hot plasma swirled inside the ...

The new material could be key to finally building a successful fusion reactor.

Chinese scientists sustain plasma at 100 million degrees C for 1,066 seconds in EAST, advancing nuclear fusion research.

Feb. 18, 2025 — French research organization CEA reported that on 12 February, the CEA’s WEST tokamak maintained a nuclear fusion plasma for more than 22 minutes, a 25 percent improvement over the ...

Hot stuff The first plasma at the SMall Aspect Ratio Tokamak. (Courtesy: University of Seville) A novel fusion device based at the University of Seville in Spain has achieved its first plasma. The ...

Scientists have succeeded in maintaining an "artificial sun" here on Earth for a whopping 17 minutes and 46 seconds.

What is a tokamak? A tokamak is an experimental machine devised to control the energy of fusion. Inside a tokamak, the wall ...

1,337 seconds: that was how long WEST, a tokamak run from the CEA Cadarache site in southern France and one of the EUROfusion consortium medium size Tokamak facilities, was able to maintain a ...

French research organization CEA reported that on 12 February, the CEA’s WEST tokamak maintained a nuclear fusion plasma for ...