Mehr explores the innovative technology of China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak, and its implications for energy generation.

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) developed by the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of CAS in Hefei, Anhui province, Jan 15, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] HEFEI -- Residents of Hefei ...

Nguyen and her team solved this by designing a version of their molecule that remains liquid at room temperature. It requires ...

The Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak, or BEST, facility, which will house a compact fusion experiment device, is under construction in Hefei, Anhui province, on Saturday. As China's ...

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Picture a spacecraft returning to Earth after a long journey. The vehicle slams into the planet’s atmosphere at roughly 17,000 miles per hour. A shockwave erupts. Molecules in the air are ripped apart ...

HEFEI, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday launched an international science program focused on fusion burning plasma research in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, opening several major ...

Being more efficient and more powerful than chemical rockets, plasma engines are seen as the future of human spaceflight. While NASA-backed plasma rocket projects aim for travel times to Mars be just ...