As sustainable energy sources increasingly turns to fusion, the Small Aspect Ratio Tokamak (SMART) represents a significant step forward.

So far, US researchers have taken the lead in advancing the technology. Two years ago, scientists at California’s Lawrence ...

China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) sustained a steady-state high-confinement plasma operation for 1,066 seconds on January 20, 2025, breaking its previous record of 403 ...

The clean energy source we’ve been pursuing for decades is advancing with 200,000 “plasma shots” at General Atomics in San ...

The promise of fusion energy is alluring. If, and when, it comes through, other sources of alternative clean energy, like ...

The Chinese EAST reactor maintained a temperature of 180 million degrees Fahrenheit for 18 minutes, setting a new record.

The Chinese EAST reactor has maintained a temperature of approximately 100 million degrees Celsius for 18 minutes, setting a ...

Washington-based fusion energy company Helion just raised US$425 million in fresh funding for its bid to be the first to ...

China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) has set a new world record maintaining steady-state ...

China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), known as the “artificial sun,” set a new world record by ...

While China hasn't shared a lot of detail about the conditions for this 1,066-second achievement, the researchers say their heating system has doubled in power through recent innovations – so it can ...

Chinese researchers set a new record by sustaining a nuclear fusion reaction at 100 million degrees Celsius for 1,066 seconds.