The race to achieve nuclear fusion is one of the most consequential technological contests of the century. Who will win it?
The interior of the National Ignition Facility target chamber at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Credit: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory/CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
For almost 18 minutes in the dead of winter, scientists in Hefei, Anhui province, heated a 3.5 tonne donut-shaped device filled with plasma to more than 100 million degrees Celsius — more than six times the temperature of the sun’s core.
The January experiment was a triumphant moment for scientists at the Institute of Plasma Physics. Inside the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), a hulking silver structure capable of withstanding enormous heat and pressure, Chinese resea
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European democracies, threatened by Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine and Donald Trump’s designs on Greenland, are embarking on historic changes in their defense posture. But China’s grip on the supply of tungsten, gallium and other vital raw materials threatens their plans.
The former official in both of the president’s terms discusses why Trump has become less hawkish on China, and his sudden departure from the administration last year.
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