Fusion energy is suddenly flush with cash. Troy Carter knows that won’t be enough

Oak Ridge's director of fusion energy explains why the global race to build the world’s first fusion plant still depends on ...

China's artificial sun

The EAST (Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak) nuclear fusion reactor maintained a temperature of 158 million ...

China's 'Artificial Sun' Is Gearing Up For A Major Milestone By 2027

China is leading the pack when it comes to developing nuclear power, and its 'artificial sun' is set to pave the way for many ...
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China’s “artificial sun” pushed past a fusion density ceiling that physicists believed could not be crossed, holding plasma stable at extreme densities

Physicists working on China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak, known as EAST, have held plasma stable at electron densities between 1.3 and 1.65 times the Greenwald limit, a ...

South Korea kept an artificial sun alive for 102 seconds, and the strange part is how close it came to beating physics

South Korea’s KSTAR reactor just held 100-million-degree plasma for 102 seconds. See how fusion is closing the gap on clean ...
IEEE

An Alternating Dynamic Drift-Compensated Integrator for 1000-s-Long Pulses in EAST

Abstract: The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) has achieved 1000-s plasma discharges, placing unprecedented demands on its magnetic diagnostic system (MDS). Conventional ...
IEEE

Identification of Plasma Current Center by Neural Network Inference in EAST

Abstract: For the efficient and safe operation of experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), it is necessary to accurately identify and control the plasma current and its central position.
Eater

The Best Restaurants on the Eastside of Los Angeles, According to Eater Editors

Changes to this update: Beloved neighborhood spot Village Mart and Deli, the decades-old Pioneer Chicken, Bambino’s EOLA Restaurant & Bar, and Tijuanazo Los Angeles enter; Mariscos los Lechugas and ...
Interesting Engineering

World’s largest operating tokamak begins commissioning with major 8-meter coils upgrade

European and Japanese teams have begun the integrated commissioning of the JT-60SA tokamak to test its systems before a six-month round of plasma experiments scheduled for the end of 2026. The JT-60SA ...
Interesting Engineering

Nuclear fusion reactors gain real-time AI shield to tackle plasma collapse risk

Researchers are now deploying machine learning algorithms directly into the control systems of tokamak reactors to prevent sudden plasma collapses. These collapses, known as tearing modes, reconfigure ...
Eater

The Best Lower East Side Restaurants

The Lower East Side — extending to Houston Street on the north, Chrystie and Pike streets on the west, and the FDR on the east and south — is a neighborhood that flaunts its modern restaurants and ...