Postdoc Theresa Wilks finds home on the west coast, helming an MIT collaboration with the DIII-D tokamak fusion reactor.
April 9, 2018MIT Energy Initiative founding member Eni announces support for key research through MIT Laboratory for Innovation in Fusion Technologies.
March 9, 2018Researchers will work with industrial collaborators to pursue fusion as a source of carbon-free power.
March 9, 2018Goal is for research to produce a working pilot plant within 15 years.
March 9, 2018Study finds that turbulence competes in fusion plasmas to rapidly respond to temperature perturbations.
February 16, 2018MIT senior and Marshall Scholar Nick Schwartz wants to solve the energy problem — and make people smile along the way.
January 3, 2018Francis Bitter Magnet Lab researcher continues a decades-long pursuit to create a revolutionary magnet for nuclear magnetic resolution spectroscopy.
December 22, 2017Theoretical analysis uncovers new mechanisms in plasma turbulence.
December 1, 2017Three from the Plasma Science and Fusion Center spend time with the Middle East Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow.
November 14, 2017Prize winners span six departments in the schools of Science and Engineering.
October 31, 2017MIT research scientist is exploring how machine learning can predict and prevent disruptions in reactors.
October 10, 2017Nuclear science and engineering graduate student receives Department of Energy Innovation Award for his work on plasma turbulence.
September 29, 2017Incoming freshman refreshes Plasma Science and Fusion Center outreach tools.
September 6, 2017When not climbing mountains, nuclear science and engineering PhD candidate Leigh Ann Kesler tracks erosion inside fusion reactor containment chambers.
August 31, 2017The Plasma Science and Fusion Center explores a new recipe for heating plasma.
August 21, 2017Plasma Science and Fusion Center researchers Petrasso, Seguin, and Li honored for developing a novel radiography technique.
August 2, 2017Nuclear Science and Engineering Associate Professor Nuno Loureiro ponders the origins of magnetic fields.
June 23, 2017Newly-appointed Assistant Professor Zach Hartwig's mission is to use nuclear technology to benefit society and the environment.
May 22, 2017PhD candidate explores the intersection of theory and engineering.
May 17, 2017Sophomore researches fusion energy and promotes STEM opportunities for young women.
April 21, 2017