Superconductor technology for smaller, sooner fusion
MIT-Commonwealth Fusion Systems demonstration of new superconducting cable is a key step on the high-field path to compact fusion.
Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Validating the physics behind the new MIT-designed fusion experiment
Seven studies describe progress thus far and challenges ahead for a revolutionary zero-emissions power source.
Laser-focused: Four MIT students foster new insights into inertial confinement fusion
Undergraduate research opportunities in the Plasma Science and Fusion Center’s High-Energy-Density Physics division support multiple fusion collaborations.
Meet Lauryn Kortman: Juggling fusion magnets and LED batons
Rising MIT sophomore finds satisfaction designing for the laboratory and the playing field.
How to grow a cosmic magnetic field
Graduate student Muni Zhou shows how tiny magnetic seed fields can expand to cosmic proportions.
At home with fusion research
Hundreds of miles from campus, Sreya Vangara recalibrates her approach to laboratory research and other MIT commitments.
Controlling plasma and plasma turbulence
After his PhD thesis invalidates an old assumption, Norman Cao wonders what’s next.
The quest for practical fusion energy sources
Graduate student Erica Salazar tackles a magnetic engineering challenge.
Paul Thomas, MIT’s “Mr. Magnet,” dies at 77
Beloved educator and former technical supervisor at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center brought hands-on science experiences to students of all ages.
Exploring new paths to future quantum electronics
Jagadeesh Moodera and colleagues to investigate interface-driven phenomena in quantum materials in the quest for energy-efficient quantum electronics.
Rockin’ the Zoom room
The MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center finds camaraderie at a colleague’s virtual rock concert.
Maria Zuber on climate change: “Breakthroughs will happen”
MIT’s vice president for research identifies three areas that show particular promise for climate action.
Pyae Phyo: From Myanmar to NMR
PhD candidate’s journey to the center of the plant cell wall relies on nuclear magnetic resonance technology.
Plasma Science and Fusion Center receives $1.25M from ARPA-E to explore practical paths to fusion
MIT experience with heating plasmas will support novel and low-cost approaches to creating fusion energy.
First sighting of mysterious Majorana fermion on a common metal
Physicists’ discovery could lead to a new family of robust qubits for quantum computing.