Jan 25, 2026 Seoyoung Kang www.nature.com Nuclear fusion is often described as a future energy source that could help solve global energy problems. Recently, a research team in China reported an important result in this field. According to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), an experimental fusion reactor called EAST was able to reach conditions that scientists had previously struggled to achieve. The most important part of this experiment was keeping plasma stable at a ve