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Nuclear fusion is the process that powers ... Now, scientists at the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) fusion reactor in China — often described as China's "artificial sun ...

According to Chinese state media, the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) nuclear fusion reactor was able to maintain a steady and highly contained loop of plasma for 1,066 ...

For over 70 years, physicists around the globe have dreamed of developing a nuclear fusion reactor, which would need to maintain stable long-term operation at temperatures exceeding 100 million de ...