Scientists could have just moved one step closer to provide the planet limitless clean renewable energy.
Following an energy test, Chinese scientists report they have surpassed their expectations and reached a new benchmark.
Considered the “holy grail” for renewable energy, the researchers have been trying to produce a practical power production using nuclear fusion.
Dubbed the “artificial sun,” the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) claims that nuclear reactor operated twice as long as its previous test. It covered 1,066 seconds, just more than 17 minutes.
The concept of copying the Sun’s nuclear fusion process is not limited to science fiction; scientists all around have been constantly experimenting to bring it to pass.