The powering up of HL-2M Tokamak, China’s newest nuclear fusion research device, last Friday was hailed by the country’s media as the “rise of an artificial sun”. It was not. The sun has burned ...

Chinese scientists are close to deploying an “artificial sun” by 2020, state media has reported, adding that the device will be able to provide clean energy through controlled nuclear fusion. The ...

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When it comes to deriving energy from atoms, there are two ways to do it. Nuclear fission, which is a destructive way, where an atom is split into two to produce energy, and then there is nuclear ...

China on Friday made another step forward in its quest for clean energy through controlled nuclear fusion, as it commissioned its new “artificial sun” – a new generation nuclear fusion reactor ...

China has powered up its nuclear fusion reactor for the first time, in a step forward for technology which would ultimately provide a powerful and limitless source of clean energy. The HL-2M Tokamak ...