Facts for Prelims (FFP) Source: WION Context: Scientists in South Korea have achieved a new world record in nuclear fusion, sustaining temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius, seven times hotter than the sun’s core. This feat, conducted using the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research device (KSTAR), aims to replicate the fusion reaction powering …
GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Science and technology. Context: Top scientists from China have claimed to have successfully created a ‘fake Sun’. The artificial Sun created by China is about ten times hotter than the real Sun, around which our planet revolves. It is called the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), also known as …
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