Nuclear Fusion, a 'Near-Limitless' Source of Clean Energy, Gets Closer to Reality After Record-Breaking Experiment

European researchers at the Joint European Torus (JET) set a heat record for the highest sustained nuclear fusion reaction ever recorded at 59 megajoules of heat, more than twice the previous record. The flash of heat lasted only five seconds, but it brought scientists one step closer to harnessing the same energy source that powers our sun — an energy source that could one day provide a nearly unlimited source of clean power.

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