New world record! China's 'artificial sun' burned five times hotter than real one, for over 17 mins

China’s “artificial sun” set new world record in sustained high temperatures The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), a nuclear fusion reactor research facility ran at 70 million degrees Celsius for as long as 1,056 seconds, or 17 minutes, 36 seconds) This comes after EAST achieved a previous milestone in May running at a plasma – or hot gas – temperature of 120 million degrees Celsius for 101 seconds The facility is called “artificial sun”, because it mimics the nuclear fusion reaction that powers the real Sun which uses hydrogen and deuterium gases as fuel That is considered the “ultimate energy” for a carbon-neutral energy future, having minimal waste products Located in central China’s Anhui Province, EAST is part of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) facility a global big science project second only to the International Space Station in size It is being jointly constructed by China, the EU, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia and the US Its success is significant to future peaceful utilization of international fusion China’s new round of experiment, which started in early December, will last until June __________________ Powered by Shanghai Media Group, ShanghaiEye focuses on producing top-quality content for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube. Nobody knows Shanghai better than us. Please subscribe to us ☻☻☻ __________________ For more stories, please click ■ What's up today in Shanghai, the most updated news of the city https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeyl7CQ2A5MNjpE4hspSVry8dR555getN ■ Amazing Shanghai, exploring the unknown corners of the city, learning the people, food and stories behind them https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeyl7CQ2A5MMVTWr-zIXjsS4hhSQPmyes ■ What Chinese people's lives are like during the post COVID-19 period https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeyl7CQ2A5MPrPTmIirpfgETu6VKVESXe ■ Views of foreign scholars on China and its affairs https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeyl7CQ2A5MO9ua_nSK6slRPdUl-ovjRe ■ Foreign faces in Shanghai, people living in this city sharing their true feelings https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeyl7CQ2A5MP0vJDSw23_1MCPJhAfGbiG ■ Mini-docs showing why China is the country it is today https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeyl7CQ2A5MOreRu2AbZ3ziIUyCcdBLwX __________________ ☎Leave us messages if you have any suggestions or questions! Thank you!