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Scientists claim that China's "Artificial Sun" nuclear fusion reactor has more than doubled its own previous world record.

China’s “Artificial Sun” Just Smashed the Record for Stable Fusion Reaction

By Victor Tangermann

Commonwealth Fusion Systems has announced that it will begin construction of the "world's first grid-scale" nuclear fusion power plant

Company Announces Construction of “Grid-Scale” Fusion Power Plant

By Victor Tangermann

South Korean researchers have maintained plasma temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius for 48 seconds inside a tokamak fusion reactor.

Korean “Artificial Sun” Reactor Sets Record at 100 Million Degrees

By Victor Tangermann

Japan has officially inaugurated the world's biggest experimental nuclear fusion reactor called JT-60SA just north of Tokyo.

Japan Finishes World’s Largest Fusion Reactor

By Victor Tangermann

China has successfully powered up its "artificial sun" nuclear fusion reactor for the first time according to Agence France Presse.

China Just Powered Up Its “Artificial Sun” Fusion Reactor

By Victor Tangermann

Physicists Discover New Trick to Stabilize Fusion Reactors

Physicists Discover New Trick to Stabilize Fusion Reactors

By Victor Tangermann

A Chinese official claims the nation is poised to wrap up construction on the HL-2M tokamak, a new "artificial sun," this year.

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China: New “Artificial Sun” Will Be Completed This Year

By Kristin Houser

U.K. researchers say they've finally found a way to vent super-heated plasma, which can be as hot as the Sun, out of a tokamak fusion power reactor.

Researchers Just Overcame a Key Barrier to Fusion Power

By Jon Christian

MIT Researchers Have Discovered a Way to Increase Nuclear Fusion’s Energy Output

MIT Researchers Have Discovered a Way to Increase Nuclear Fusion’s Energy Output

We Are Closer Than Ever to Unlimited Clean Energy

We Are Closer Than Ever to Unlimited Clean Energy

By Stewart Prager, Michael C. Zarnstorff

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Unlimited Energy: Physicists Assert We Already Have a Viable Model of a Fusion Device

By Jasmine Solana

Wendelstein 7-X Fusion Device Produces Its First Hydrogen Plasma

Wendelstein 7-X Fusion Device Produces Its First Hydrogen Plasma

By Todd Jaquith

Fusion Energy: These Promising Projects Are Set to Revolutionize Our World

Fusion Energy: These Promising Projects Are Set to Revolutionize Our World

By Miguel Santos

Germany Set to Turn On the World’s Largest Nuclear-Fusion Stellarator

Germany Set to Turn On the World’s Largest Nuclear-Fusion Stellarator

By Miguel Santos