There's a new sun rising in China. Well, sort of. China's nuclear fusion reactor, called the Experimental Advanced ...

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 ...

WEST, a tokamak run from the CEA Cadarache site in southern France and one of the EUROfusion consortium medium size Tokamak ...

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

In physics, the term "isotropy" means a system ... the SMART device has successfully generated its first tokamak plasma. This step brings the international fusion community closer to achieving ...

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

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

One of those reactors is China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), located in Heifei, China, which has a habit of breaking fusion records. In 2023, the fusion reactor—operated by ...

In the latest test, the WEST Tokamak held its reaction for 1,337 seconds. The purpose of the test wasn't just to keep the plasma reaction going like a stage performer spinning plates. It was also ...

A new AI-driven approach to tokamak plasma control offers an improved route to commercial fusion technology. Next Step Fusion ...

China's EAST reactor has made a significant breakthrough in nuclear fusion, sustaining plasmafor 1,066 seconds. The ...

On 12 February, the CEA’s WEST machine was able to maintain a plasma for more than 22 minutes. In doing so, it smashed the ...