A record-breaking development happened in the nuclear world on Thursday when scientists successfully expanded the capacity for fusion energy production.

Engineers in England increased the amount of energy created by fusing atoms using the Joint European Torus, an experimental fusion reactor, and a machine known as the tokamak, which “confines plasma using magnetic fields in a donut shape.” 

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