Nuno Loureiro: Probing the world of plasmas
Physicist explores the behavior of the universe’s most abundant form of matter.
Physicist explores the behavior of the universe’s most abundant form of matter.
Novel design could help shed excess heat in next-generation fusion power plants.
PhD candidate seeks to discover how heat leaks from fusion plasmas.
Department of Energy funds Plasma Science and Fusion Center to advance fusion studies on the world’s largest stellarator.
Plasma Science and Fusion Center researchers discover a path to overcoming the plasma density limit in their quest for steady-state fusion.
MIT and European Union scientists collaborate on new plasma heating scenario to boost fusion research.
The Samuel W. Ing Memorial Fund will support MIT graduate students as they create a more advanced and less costly path to fusion energy solutions.
Postdoc Cristina Rea's detour into banking provides a new route back to plasma research.
MIT systems analyst receives award for his essential fusion data storage and retrieval system.
Postdoc Theresa Wilks finds home on the west coast, helming an MIT collaboration with the DIII-D tokamak fusion reactor.
Researchers will work with industrial collaborators to pursue fusion as a source of carbon-free power.
Goal is for research to produce a working pilot plant within 15 years.
MIT Energy Initiative founding member Eni announces support for key research through MIT Laboratory for Innovation in Fusion Technologies.
Study finds that turbulence competes in fusion plasmas to rapidly respond to temperature perturbations.