If nuclear fusion technology can be safely harnessed, it will provide a practically infinite source of clean energy. China's ...

French scientists achieved a milestone by maintaining a plasma state for over 22 minutes in their WEST reactor, advancing nuclear fusion technology. This record-breaking experiment by France's CEA ...

A world record for nuclear fusion has been smashed after an ‘artificial sun’ reactor was able to maintain a plasma for more than 22 minutes. The WEST reactor, in southern France, is at the ...

A sign of how serious Beijing is taking this new energy arms race emerged last week when the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak in Heifei, China, a testbed for the long-awaited (and now delayed) International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), successfully contained ...

A team of scientists in France sustained an artificial sun for 22 minutes, which in the future could potentially provide unlimited clean energy.

A NEW Chinese fusion facility may be where the world's first "artificial sun" is born - but could also be used to develop deadly nuclear weapons. Experts have said a huge laser fusion research ...

But if you thought that was extreme, scientists in China have broken a new fusion record after their "artificial sun" maintained temperatures six times hotter than the center of our star for a ...