China's EAST machine reaches temperatures six times hotter than the Sun

Tom Allen
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The reactor topped out at 100 million° C

Nuclear scientists at China's Institute of Physical Science are celebrating after their ‘artificial sun' - the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) - reached 100 million° C - the mi...

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