Setting the course for energy technology research
At MIT, Department of Energy’s Lynn Orr lays out priorities for developing advanced energy systems.
A passion for learning in the lab
Thomas McKrell designs, builds, and supervises nuclear science and engineering laboratory projects, and readies students for careers in research.
Carolyn Coyle wins two awards at NURETH-16
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering graduate student honored for her work on nuclear thermal hydraulics.
Dennis Whyte named head of Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Whyte succeeds Richard Lester as NSE department head.
Bubble, bubble … boiling on the double
New analysis of textured surfaces could lead to more efficient, and less dangerous, power plants.
Upholding disarmament agreements with engineering
PhD student Ruaridh Macdonald develops a tool to identify nuclear weapons without divulging too much.
Sow-Hsin Chen wins 2015 Guinier Prize
Nuclear science and engineering professor emeritus honored for novel uses of small-angle scattering in the study of matter.
MIT Technology Review announces seven innovators over 70
Professors emeritus Sidney Yip and Judith Jarvis Thomson honored for their continued innovations.
A small, modular, efficient fusion plant
New design could finally help to bring the long-sought power source closer to reality.
“Yolks” and “shells” improve rechargeable batteries
Aluminum could give a big boost to capacity and power of lithium-ion batteries.
Frederic John Eppling, Laboratory for Nuclear Science physicist, dies at 95
In more than 60 years at the Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Eppling made significant contributions to particle, high-energy, and cosmic ray physics.
Solving mysteries of conductivity in polymers
Materials seen as promising for optoelectronics and thermoelectric devices finally yield their secrets.