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China's Experimental Fusion Reactor Hits Major Milestone

Mary Beth Griggs

at 09:36 AM Feb 10 2016

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China's Experimental Fusion Reactor Hits Major Milestone

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A Chinese fusion reactor managed to sustain plasma at temperatures of over 90 million degrees for 102 seconds, according to an article published in the South China Morning Post. That's over a minute in which a machine sustained an electrically charged gas with a temperature approximately three times hotter than the core of the sun.

German Experiment Takes Tentative Steps Towards A Fusion Reactor

Mary Beth Griggs

at 09:37 AM Feb 5 2016

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German Experiment Takes Tentative Steps Towards A Fusion Reactor

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Yesterday, one of the grandest experimental fusion reactors in the world flared to life, converting hydrogen into a plasma for less than a second. The honor of pressing the button went to a PhD in Quantum Chemistry (who also happens to be the Chancellor of Germany), Angela Merkel.