This Monster Centrifuge Just Hit 300 Times Earth’s Gravity
To study extreme phenomena, scientists need some extreme equipment. In its second engineering breakthrough within the week, China has unveiled the world’s largest centrifuge—a device using centrifugal force to separate substances—and it’s just the first of even more powerful machines planned for construction. On September 29, Chinese media announced that the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) had launched CHIEF1300, one of three centrifuges planned for th