China's 'artificial sun' shatters nuclear fusion record by generating steady loop of plasma for 1,000 seconds
China's 'artificial sun' shatters nuclear fusion record by generating steady loop of plasma for 1,000 seconds
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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.
The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) nuclear fusion reactor maintained a steady, highly confined loop of plasma — the high-energy fourth state of matter — for 1,066 seconds on Monday (Jan. 20), which more than doubled its previous best of 403 seconds, Chinese state media reported.