Nuclear fusion is seen as a hope in the fight against the climate crisis. To generate energy using nuclear fusion, reactors must maintain extremely high temperatures.
Researchers from South Korea are now reporting success. They kept the temperature of ion plasma at more than 100 million degrees Celsius for 48 seconds. But they are still a long way from their actual goal. The ultimate goal is to achieve 300 seconds of plasma operation with ion temperatures of more than100 million degrees. To achieve this, the technology would have to be adapted again.