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UK-made super strong materials to shield fusion reactors from sun-level extreme heat

This “molecular blending” creates what researchers call metamaterials. By controlling the metal composition at a microscopic ...
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China's 'artificial sun' reactor shatters major fusion limit — a step closer to near-limitless clean energy

China's EAST nuclear fusion reactor has successfully kept plasma stable at extreme densities, passing a major fusion ...

Scientists make key breakthrough in pursuit of limitless energy device: 'Long-hypothesized'

By examining the Large Helical Device, a massive fusion research device designed to confine heated plasma and harness fusion ...

China’s Fusion Reactor Reached an ‘Unbreakable’ Limit—and Broke Right Through It

By exceeding a long-standing density barrier, China’s EAST fusion reactor proved that tokamaks can pack way more atoms into ...

China Advances Toward Fusion Ignition With Major Plasma Breakthrough

China’s EAST reactor just broke a fundamental fusion limit—bringing the dream of ignition a big step closer. shutterstock. Scientists working with China’s fully superconduct ...

Nuclear fusion seems hot right now — but how close is fusion power?

Recent nuclear fusion news from Canada and China has created a buzz. Meanwhile, new fusion startups have been popping up ...
Nature

Chinese nuclear fusion reactor pushes plasma past crucial limit: what happens next

China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) is a nuclear-fusion research reactor in Hefei. Researchers hope ...
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US energy company installs first fusion magnet, nears clean power breakthrough

Commonwealth Fusion Systems installs first of 18 massive magnets in Sparc fusion reactor at CES 2026, aiming to activate it ...
Science Daily

China’s “artificial sun” just broke a fusion limit scientists thought was unbreakable

Researchers using China’s “artificial sun” fusion reactor have broken through a long-standing density barrier in fusion ...
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Chinese Fusion Reactor Achieves Plasma Density Previously Thought to Be Impossible

China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak has just shattered a longstanding limit in nuclear plasma density.
Observer

Nuclear Fusion Energy’s Long Promised Future Starts to Look Commercially Real

Fusion energy startups are drawing billions as rising A.I.-driven power demand pushes the technology closer to commercial ...

China’s ‘artificial sun’ breaks nuclear fusion limit thought to be impossible

A team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said its experimental nuclear reactor, dubbed the ‘artificial Sun’, ...