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superconducting tokamak

A superconducting tokamak is a device designed to contain and control extremely hot plasma for nuclear fusion, which aims to generate energy like the sun. It uses powerful magnetic fields created by superconducting magnets—materials that conduct electricity without resistance at very low temperatures—to confine the plasma in a doughnut-shaped chamber. This efficient magnetic confinement allows sustained fusion reactions with minimal energy loss. Superconducting tokamaks are key to developing clean, virtually limitless energy sources by mimicking the sun's process of combining atomic nuclei to release energy safely on Earth.