Understanding the turbulence in plasmas
New experiments in a tokamak fusion reactor reveal details of a cooling process, potentially bringing practical fusion closer.
Sizing up Japan, after the disaster
MIT political scientist examines Japanese stasis after nuclear meltdown at Fukushima.
MIT’s Ernest J. Moniz nominated Secretary of Energy
President Obama’s pick is head of the MIT Energy Initiative and a former undersecretary of energy.
Undergraduate contributes to fusion reactor advancement
Jake Jurewicz, a nuclear science and engineering-physics double major, received a fellowship to develop new simulation and visualization software at the National Fusion Facility in California.
New experiments, new insights into stress corrosion cracking
MIT researchers now have new insights into how 'stress corrosion cracking' may be affected by nanoscale disruptions in the crystalline structure of metallic materials.
Buongiorno and McKrell awarded more than $400,000 by CEA, France
The researchers will investigate transient boiling heat transfer phenomena under rapidly escalating heat fluxes.
Ekaterina Paramonova: A nuclear networker
Undergraduate on a unique career track that intriguingly combines nuclear engineering and diplomacy.
