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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Anthony Cuthbertson

REVEALED: China s artificial sun breaks nuclear fusion limit thought to be impossible - The Real Truth

China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (East) reactor achieved plasma density levels 'far exceeding empirical limits' - (HFIPS/CAS)

Scientists in China have made a breakthrough with fusion energy that could finally overcome one of the most stubborn barriers to realising the next-generation energy source.

A team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said its experimental nuclear reactor, dubbed the ‘artificial Sun’, achieved a plasma density that was previously thought impossible.

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