- KSTAR, a magnetic fusion device run by South Korean researchers broke its own record in a super-hot plasma field to maintain a plasma center ion temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius for 30 seconds. The previous record set in 2020 was 20 seconds https://www.ajudaily.com/view/20211122133636438 8 comments futurology
- The Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR), a superconducting fusion device also known as the Korean artificial sun, set the new world record as it succeeded in maintaining the high temperature plasma for 20 seconds with an ion temperature over 100 million degrees https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/nrco-kas122420.php 3 comments science