RIKEN and Fujitsu's superconducting quantum computer briefing

RIKEN and Fujitsu's superconducting quantum computer briefing

RIKEN and Fujitsu's superconducting quantum computer briefing. Photo shows the 256-qubit superconducting quantum computer that was unveiled.=April 22,2025,Japan

RIKEN and Fujitsu's superconducting quantum computer briefing

RIKEN and Fujitsu's superconducting quantum computer briefing

RIKEN and Fujitsu superconducting quantum computer briefing. Photo shows 256 qubit chip.=April 22,2025,Japan

RIKEN and Fujitsu's superconducting quantum computer briefing

RIKEN and Fujitsu's superconducting quantum computer briefing

RIKEN and Fujitsu superconducting quantum computer briefing. Photo shows Shintaro Sato, Fellow and Director of the Quantum Research Institute at Fujitsu Laboratories; Vivek Mahajan, Vice President of Fujitsu; Masashi Kawasaki, Executive Director of RIKEN; and Yasunobu Nakamura, Director of RIKEN's Quantum Computing Research Center.=April 22,2025,Japan

RIKEN and Fujitsu's superconducting quantum computer briefing

RIKEN and Fujitsu's superconducting quantum computer briefing

RIKEN and Fujitsu's superconducting quantum computer briefing. Photo shows the 256-qubit superconducting quantum computer that was unveiled.=April 22,2025,Japan

30th China International Medical Instruments and Equipment Exhibition in Beijing

30th China International Medical Instruments and Equipment Exhibition in Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 9, 2024 - Visitors visit the "Liquid helium-free superconducting magnetic resonance for Compound Operating Room" equipment at the 30th China International Medical Instruments and Equipment Exhibition in Beijing, China, August 9, 2024.

Xinhua Headlines: China's central regions look to reform, innovation for high-quality development

Xinhua Headlines: China's central regions look to reform, innovation for high-quality development

(240802) -- BEIJING, Aug. 2, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Citizens visit the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP) in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, May 18, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhou Mu)

Original Quantum Computing

Original Quantum Computing

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 20, 2024 - The official website of "Original Wukong" and Original Quantum Computing, Shanghai, China, June 20, 2024. China's third-generation autonomous superconducting quantum computer "Original Wukong" has received more than 10 million visits worldwide as of 9 am on Monday.

Original Quantum Computing

Original Quantum Computing

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 20, 2024 - The official website of "Original Wukong" and Original Quantum Computing, Shanghai, China, June 20, 2024. China's third-generation autonomous superconducting quantum computer "Original Wukong" has received more than 10 million visits worldwide as of 9 am on Monday.

Original Quantum Computing

Original Quantum Computing

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 20, 2024 - The official website of "Original Wukong" and Original Quantum Computing, Shanghai, China, June 20, 2024. China's third-generation autonomous superconducting quantum computer "Original Wukong" has received more than 10 million visits worldwide as of 9 am on Monday.

Original Quantum Computing

Original Quantum Computing

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 20, 2024 - The official website of "Original Wukong" and Original Quantum Computing, Shanghai, China, June 20, 2024. China's third-generation autonomous superconducting quantum computer "Original Wukong" has received more than 10 million visits worldwide as of 9 am on Monday.

Original Quantum Computing

Original Quantum Computing

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 20, 2024 - The official website of "Original Wukong" and Original Quantum Computing, Shanghai, China, June 20, 2024. China's third-generation autonomous superconducting quantum computer "Original Wukong" has received more than 10 million visits worldwide as of 9 am on Monday.

Original Quantum Computing

Original Quantum Computing

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 20, 2024 - The official website of "Original Wukong" and Original Quantum Computing, Shanghai, China, June 20, 2024. China's third-generation autonomous superconducting quantum computer "Original Wukong" has received more than 10 million visits worldwide as of 9 am on Monday.

Original Quantum Computing

Original Quantum Computing

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 20, 2024 - The official website of "Original Wukong" and Original Quantum Computing, Shanghai, China, June 20, 2024. China's third-generation autonomous superconducting quantum computer "Original Wukong" has received more than 10 million visits worldwide as of 9 am on Monday.

10th China (Shanghai) International Technology Fair Held in Shanghai

10th China (Shanghai) International Technology Fair Held in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 13, 2024 - A model of Honghuang 70 full high-temperature superconducting Tokamak device is on display at The 10th China (Shanghai) International Technology Fair in Shanghai, China, June 13, 2024.

AmazingAnhui | First-person view: Research facility under construction implies mankind's scientific ambitions

AmazingAnhui | First-person view: Research facility under construction implies mankind's scientific ambitions

(240605) -- HEFEI, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A drone photo taken on May 27, 2024 shows the superconducting toroidal field coil winding line at the park of Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology (CRAFT) in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. A research facility to incubate core technologies used in power generation of fusion energy that powers the sun is under construction in Hefei City of east China's Anhui Province. The facility in the pipeline, called "Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology" (CRAFT), is a platform on which engineers develop and test fusion energy reactor's key components. Scientific researchers and engineers are speeding up the construction of CRAFT, aiming to finish it in 2025. (Photo by Zhao Xianfu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

AmazingAnhui | First-person view: Research facility under construction implies mankind's scientific ambitions

AmazingAnhui | First-person view: Research facility under construction implies mankind's scientific ambitions

(240605) -- HEFEI, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo taken on May 27, 2024 shows staff members operating a machine that makes superconducting toroidal field coils at the park of Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology (CRAFT) in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. A research facility to incubate core technologies used in power generation of fusion energy that powers the sun is under construction in Hefei City of east China's Anhui Province. The facility in the pipeline, called "Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology" (CRAFT), is a platform on which engineers develop and test fusion energy reactor's key components. Scientific researchers and engineers are speeding up the construction of CRAFT, aiming to finish it in 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)

AmazingAnhui | First-person view: Research facility under construction implies mankind's scientific ambitions

AmazingAnhui | First-person view: Research facility under construction implies mankind's scientific ambitions

(240605) -- HEFEI, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A drone photo taken on May 27, 2024 shows staff members operating a machine that makes superconducting toroidal field coils at the park of Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology (CRAFT) in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. A research facility to incubate core technologies used in power generation of fusion energy that powers the sun is under construction in Hefei City of east China's Anhui Province. The facility in the pipeline, called "Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology" (CRAFT), is a platform on which engineers develop and test fusion energy reactor's key components. Scientific researchers and engineers are speeding up the construction of CRAFT, aiming to finish it in 2025. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Liu Junxi)

AmazingAnhui | First-person view: Research facility under construction implies mankind's scientific ambitions

AmazingAnhui | First-person view: Research facility under construction implies mankind's scientific ambitions

(240605) -- HEFEI, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo taken on May 27, 2024 shows the superconducting toroidal field coil winding line at the park of Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology (CRAFT) in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. A research facility to incubate core technologies used in power generation of fusion energy that powers the sun is under construction in Hefei City of east China's Anhui Province. The facility in the pipeline, called "Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology" (CRAFT), is a platform on which engineers develop and test fusion energy reactor's key components. Scientific researchers and engineers are speeding up the construction of CRAFT, aiming to finish it in 2025. (Photo by Zhao Xianfu/Xinhua)

(EyesOnSci) CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-FUSION ENERGY RESEARCH FACILITY-CRAFT (CN)

(EyesOnSci) CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-FUSION ENERGY RESEARCH FACILITY-CRAFT (CN)

(240427) -- HEFEI, April 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member works on the superconducting TF coil winding line at the park of Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology (CRAFT) in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, April 25, 2024. Scientific researchers and engineers are speeding up the construction of CRAFT as the project, a facility in pipeline, serving as a platform on which key components for fusion energy reactors are developed and tested, is expected to be finished in 2025. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

(EyesOnSci) CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-FUSION ENERGY RESEARCH FACILITY-CRAFT (CN)

(EyesOnSci) CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-FUSION ENERGY RESEARCH FACILITY-CRAFT (CN)

(240427) -- HEFEI, April 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo taken on April 25, 2024 shows staff members operates a machine that makes superconducting TF coils at the park of Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology (CRAFT) in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, April 25, 2024. Scientific researchers and engineers are speeding up the construction of CRAFT as the project, a facility in pipeline, serving as a platform on which key components for fusion energy reactors are developed and tested, is expected to be finished in 2025. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

(EyesOnSci) CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-FUSION ENERGY RESEARCH FACILITY-CRAFT (CN)

(EyesOnSci) CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-FUSION ENERGY RESEARCH FACILITY-CRAFT (CN)

(240427) -- HEFEI, April 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo taken on April 25, 2024 shows the superconducting TF coil winding line at the park of Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology (CRAFT) in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. Scientific researchers and engineers are speeding up the construction of CRAFT as the project, a facility in pipeline, serving as a platform on which key components for fusion energy reactors are developed and tested, is expected to be finished in 2025. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

Xinhua Headlines: Behind "Hefei model": How reforms reshape China's emerging tech hub

Xinhua Headlines: Behind "Hefei model": How reforms reshape China's emerging tech hub

(231218) -- HEFEI, Dec. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 12, 2023 shows the control center of the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST) after a successful experiment in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)

Scientists positive on China's scientific, technological development

STORY: Scientists positive on China's scientific, technological development DATELINE: Oct. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the 2023 Tencent Science WE Summit 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANDRE GEIM, Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and the Royal Society 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): OMAR YAGHI, Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): LINDA PARTRIDGE, Member of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences 5. various of the 2023 Tencent Science WE Summit STORYLINE: Scientists attending the 2023 Tencent Science WE Summit have acknowledged China's scientific and technological progress and expressed optimism about China's future development in the field. The summit, which was held Saturday by Chinese internet giant Tencent in Beijing, invited seven scientists from various countries to talk about latest scientific breakthroughs including superconducting, liquid robots, graphene tech

2023 Tencent Science WE Summit hosted in Beijing

STORY: 2023 Tencent Science WE Summit hosted in Beijing SHOOTING DATE: Oct. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:23 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the 2023 Tencent Science WE Summit 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI HANG, Head of Tencent Science WE Summit 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): LINDA PARTRIDGE, Member of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): OMAR YAGHI, Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences STORYLINE: Chinese internet giant Tencent on Saturday hosted the 2023 Tencent Science WE Summit in Beijing. Themed "seed," this year's summit highlights the long-term attention to basic scientific research and public science popularization. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI HANG, Head of Tencent Science WE Summit "This year we have invited seven scientists from various countries, including three top scientists from China, to talk about the latest scientific breakthroughs including superconducting, liquid robots, graphene technology and anti-aging. And at this year's WE Summit, we

Quantum Computing Cloud Platform Launched In China

Quantum Computing Cloud Platform Launched In China

HEFEI, CHINA - FEBRUARY 7, 2023 - A superconducting quantum computer in operation at QuantumCtek in Hefei, Anhui Province, China, February 7, 2023. Multiple control system cases are connected by many wiring harnesses. On May 31, 2023, in Hefei, Anhui province, a new generation of quantum computing cloud platform connected to the 176-bit superconducting quantum computer "Zuchongzhi" was officially released. This not only sets a new record for the number of bits of superconducting quantum computer on our cloud platform, but also is the first quantum computing cloud platform in the world that has the potential to realize quantum superiority and is open to the outside world on the superconducting quantum quantum route, which will further promote the development of quantum computing hardware and software and ecological construction.

Quantum Computing Cloud Platform Launched In China

Quantum Computing Cloud Platform Launched In China

HEFEI, CHINA - FEBRUARY 7, 2023 - An operating superconducting quantum computer, a quantum chip, the core of a quantum computer, is seen inside a white metal tank at QuantumCtek Co LTD in Hefei, Anhui province, China, February 7, 2023. On May 31, 2023, in Hefei, Anhui province, a new generation of quantum computing cloud platform connected to the 176-bit superconducting quantum computer "Zuchongzhi" was officially released. This not only sets a new record for the number of bits of superconducting quantum computer on our cloud platform, but also is the first quantum computing cloud platform in the world that has the potential to realize quantum superiority and is open to the outside world on the superconducting quantum quantum route, which will further promote the development of quantum computing hardware and software and ecological construction.

Quantum Computing Cloud Platform Launched In China

Quantum Computing Cloud Platform Launched In China

HEFEI, CHINA - FEBRUARY 7, 2023 - A superconducting quantum computer in operation at QuantumCtek in Hefei, Anhui Province, China, February 7, 2023. Multiple control system cases are connected by many wiring harnesses. On May 31, 2023, in Hefei, Anhui province, a new generation of quantum computing cloud platform connected to the 176-bit superconducting quantum computer "Zuchongzhi" was officially released. This not only sets a new record for the number of bits of superconducting quantum computer on our cloud platform, but also is the first quantum computing cloud platform in the world that has the potential to realize quantum superiority and is open to the outside world on the superconducting quantum quantum route, which will further promote the development of quantum computing hardware and software and ecological construction.

Quantum Computing Cloud Platform Launched In China

Quantum Computing Cloud Platform Launched In China

HEFEI, CHINA - FEBRUARY 7, 2023 - A superconducting quantum computer in operation at QuantumCtek in Hefei, Anhui Province, China, February 7, 2023. Multiple control system cases are connected by many wiring harnesses. On May 31, 2023, in Hefei, Anhui province, a new generation of quantum computing cloud platform connected to the 176-bit superconducting quantum computer "Zuchongzhi" was officially released. This not only sets a new record for the number of bits of superconducting quantum computer on our cloud platform, but also is the first quantum computing cloud platform in the world that has the potential to realize quantum superiority and is open to the outside world on the superconducting quantum quantum route, which will further promote the development of quantum computing hardware and software and ecological construction.

China's "artificial sun" achieves major breakthrough

STORY: China's "artificial sun" achieves major breakthrough DATELINE: April 13, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:06 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): HE XIYUE, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): SONG YUNTAO, Director of the Institute of Plasma Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): HE XIYUE, Xinhua correspondent "See this round-shaped building behind me? This is where the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak, or EAST, is located. It is also known as the 'Chinese artificial sun.' The scientists here achieved a major breakthrough, a key step toward the development of a fusion reactor. Now let's go inside and witness a new record together." EAST achieved a steady-state high confinement plasma operation for 403 seconds on Wednesday, greatly improving the original world record of 101 seconds, which was set by EAST in 2017. The ultimate goal of EAST is to create nuclear fusion like the sun, using substances abundant in the sea t

(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(230413) -- HEFEI, April 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Researchers celebrate the success of an experiment at the control center of the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST) in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, April 12, 2023. The experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), or the Chinese "artificial sun," achieved a steady-state high confinement plasma operation for 403 seconds on Wednesday, a key step toward the development of a fusion reactor. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(230413) -- HEFEI, April 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gong Xianzu (R), a researcher at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP) who is in charge of an experiment in the steady-state high confinement plasma operation of the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), and ASIPP director Song Yuntao celebrate after the experiment succeeded at the control center of the EAST in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, April 12, 2023. The experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), or the Chinese "artificial sun," achieved a steady-state high confinement plasma operation for 403 seconds on Wednesday, a key step toward the development of a fusion reactor. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(230413) -- HEFEI, April 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gong Xianzu (1st R), a researcher at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP) who is in charge of an experiment in the steady-state high confinement plasma operation of the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), communicates with colleagues at the control center of the EAST in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, April 12, 2023. The experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), or the Chinese "artificial sun," achieved a steady-state high confinement plasma operation for 403 seconds on Wednesday, a key step toward the development of a fusion reactor. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(230413) -- HEFEI, April 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 12, 2023 shows the control center of the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST) after a successful experiment in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. The experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), or the Chinese "artificial sun," achieved a steady-state high confinement plasma operation for 403 seconds on Wednesday, a key step toward the development of a fusion reactor. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(230413) -- HEFEI, April 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gong Xianzu (1st L), a researcher at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP) who is in charge of an experiment in the steady-state high confinement plasma operation of the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), communicates with colleagues during the experiment at the control center of the EAST in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, April 12, 2023. The experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), or the Chinese "artificial sun," achieved a steady-state high confinement plasma operation for 403 seconds on Wednesday, a key step toward the development of a fusion reactor. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(230413) -- HEFEI, April 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Researchers celebrate the success of an experiment at the control center of the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST) in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, April 12, 2023. The experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), or the Chinese "artificial sun," achieved a steady-state high confinement plasma operation for 403 seconds on Wednesday, a key step toward the development of a fusion reactor. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(230413) -- HEFEI, April 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Researchers await the results for an experiment at the control center of the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST) in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, April 12, 2023. The experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), or the Chinese "artificial sun," achieved a steady-state high confinement plasma operation for 403 seconds on Wednesday, a key step toward the development of a fusion reactor. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(230413) -- HEFEI, April 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gong Xianzu, a researcher at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP) who is in charge of an experiment in the steady-state high confinement plasma operation of the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), texts friends to celebrate the success of an experiment at the control center of the EAST in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, April 12, 2023. The experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), or the Chinese "artificial sun," achieved a steady-state high confinement plasma operation for 403 seconds on Wednesday, a key step toward the development of a fusion reactor. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(230413) -- HEFEI, April 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Researchers pose for a group photo after the success of an experiment at the control center of the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST) in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, April 12, 2023. The experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), or the Chinese "artificial sun," achieved a steady-state high confinement plasma operation for 403 seconds on Wednesday, a key step toward the development of a fusion reactor. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(230413) -- HEFEI, April 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gong Xianzu, a researcher at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP) who is in charge of an experiment in the steady-state high confinement plasma operation of the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), checks experimental data after the experiment succeeded at the control center of the EAST in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, April 12, 2023. The experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), or the Chinese "artificial sun," achieved a steady-state high confinement plasma operation for 403 seconds on Wednesday, a key step toward the development of a fusion reactor. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-ANHUI-TOKAMAK-NEW RECORD (CN)

(230413) -- HEFEI, April 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Li Kedong, a researcher at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP) before (above) and after (below) the success of an experiment at the control center of the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST) in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, April 12, 2023. The experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), or the Chinese "artificial sun," achieved a steady-state high confinement plasma operation for 403 seconds on Wednesday, a key step toward the development of a fusion reactor. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

China's "artificial sun" achieves breakthrough, key step toward fusion reactor

STORY: China's "artificial sun" achieves breakthrough, key step toward fusion reactor DATELINE: April 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. China's "artificial sun" achieving breakthrough 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): SONG YUNTAO, ASIPP director STORYLINE: The experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), or the Chinese "artificial sun," achieved a steady-state high confinement plasma operation for 403 seconds on Wednesday, a key step toward the development of a fusion reactor. The breakthrough, achieved after more than 120,000 shots, greatly improved the original world record of 101 seconds, which was set by EAST in 2017. The ultimate goal of EAST, located at the Institute of Plasma Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP) in Hefei, is to create nuclear fusion like the sun, using substances abundant in the sea to provide a steady stream of clean energy. Song Yuntao, ASIPP director, told Xinhua in an exclusive interview that the main s

China's high-temperature superconducting maglev system conducts operational test

STORY: China's high-temperature superconducting maglev system conducts operational test DATELINE: April 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:28 LOCATION: CHANGCHUN, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the test run STORYLINE: China's first high-temperature superconducting maglev system has completed its first operational test. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Changchun, China. (XHTV)

New maglev bullet train on test run

New maglev bullet train on test run

TOKYO, Japan - A Chuo Shinkansen bullet train using the superconducting maglev system is seen in a test run in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, in August 2013.

Maglev and railway museum

Maglev and railway museum

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken on March 1, 2011, shows three of the world's fastest trains in their categories displayed at the SC MAGLEV and Railway Park, which will open March 14 in Nagoya. The three are (from front to back) the MLX01-1 superconducting maglev vehicle, which has set a speed record of 581 kilometers per hour, the Class 955 experimental shinkansen bullet train and the Class C62 steam locomotive.

Maglev trains pass at record velocity of 1,003 kph

Maglev trains pass at record velocity of 1,003 kph

KOFU, Japan - Two magnetically levitated trains pass each other at a relative velocity of 1,003 kilometers per hour in a test run in Yamanashi Prefecture on Nov. 16, beating the previous record of 966 kph recorded last December. Officials of Central Japan Railway Co. said the test run paves the way for the introduction of a superconducting magnetically levitated train in the future. Relative velocity is the speed at which one object sees the other object as they pass.

Maglev train runs at record speed

Maglev train runs at record speed

A manned high-speed train of Central Japan Railway Co. hits a record speed of 501 kilometers per hour Nov. 28 at a test center in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo. The new record velocity of superconducting magnetically levitated linear motor vehicle, or Maglev as it is popularly called, reached the milestone on an 18.4-km track built between Tsuru and Otsuki.

Vlog: Visit Chinese "artificial sun" with young scientist

STORY: Vlog: Visit Chinese "artificial sun" with young scientist DATELINE: June 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:08 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG BIN, PhD, Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 2. various of the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST) STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG BIN, PhD, Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) "I am doing something like climbing on a mountain with a group of like-minded people to see the most beautiful sunrise. Behind me is the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST) Control Room of Institute of Plasma Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). It is like a spaceship. And my responsibility is similar to the main pilot in the cockpit of this spaceship. In technical terms, I take charge of plasma operation. We are now standing inside the EAST Control Room, the cockpit of

SOUTH KOREA-DAEJEON-KSTAR DEVICE-RESEARCH

SOUTH KOREA-DAEJEON-KSTAR DEVICE-RESEARCH

(220111) -- DAEJEON, Jan. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 10, 2022 shows the Korean Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) device at the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) in Daejeon, South Korea. South Korea's "artificial sun", the KSTAR device, is aiming to achieve 50-second-long continuous plasma operations at ion temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius in 2022, the KFE said Monday. (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)

SOUTH KOREA-DAEJEON-KSTAR DEVICE-RESEARCH

SOUTH KOREA-DAEJEON-KSTAR DEVICE-RESEARCH

(220111) -- DAEJEON, Jan. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 10, 2022 shows the Korean Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) device at the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) in Daejeon, South Korea. South Korea's "artificial sun", the KSTAR device, is aiming to achieve 50-second-long continuous plasma operations at ion temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius in 2022, the KFE said Monday. (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)

SOUTH KOREA-DAEJEON-KSTAR DEVICE-RESEARCH

SOUTH KOREA-DAEJEON-KSTAR DEVICE-RESEARCH

(220111) -- DAEJEON, Jan. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 10, 2022 shows the Korean Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) device at the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) in Daejeon, South Korea. South Korea's "artificial sun", the KSTAR device, is aiming to achieve 50-second-long continuous plasma operations at ion temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius in 2022, the KFE said Monday. (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)