Using graphene foam to filter toxins from drinking water
MIT-led research team fashions graphene foam into device that can extract uranium and other heavy metals from tap water.
Amy Watterson: Model engineer
The Plasma Science and Fusion Center mechanical engineer embraces her role in modeling fusion magnets and in promoting engineering to young women.
Manipulating magnets in the quest for fusion
After decades of plasma physics research, Senior Research Scientist Brian LaBombard is taking on magnets for MIT’s new fusion effort.
Revisiting a quantum past for a fusion future
Principal Research Scientist Abhay Ram circles back to his graduate school studies for a new initiative combining classical physics and quantum computing.
A graduate student who goes to extremes
Whether testing high-field fusion magnets or his own physical endurance, Theo Mouratidis pushes the limits.
On course to create a fusion power plant
How an MIT engineering course became an incubator for fusion design innovations.
Collaborators in climate action
Symposium highlights ambitious goals of MIT–industry research targeting technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Understanding imperfections in fusion magnets
MIT Energy Fellow Richard Ibekwe finds flaws in high-temperature superconducting tapes so they can be measured, fixed, or embraced.
An aggressive market-driven model for US fusion power development
National Academies study says fusion can help decarbonize US energy, calls for public-private approach to pilot plant operation by 2035-40.
Keeping an eye on the fusion future
Daniel Korsun’s undergraduate career at MIT prepared him to look more deeply into fusion magnet technology and design.
New fiber optic temperature sensing approach to keep fusion power plants running
MIT’s Erica Salazar shows that faster detection of thermal shifts can prevent disruptive quench events in the HTS magnets used in tokamak fusion devices.
Atomic design for a carbon-free planet
Manipulating materials at a fundamental level, Ju Li reveals new properties for energy applications.
Storm in a cosmic teacup: A new paradigm for understanding plasma turbulence
PhD candidate Lucio Milanese uncovers new fundamental mechanism in turbulence.
InEnTec: Turning trash into valuable chemical products and clean fuels
Climate goals expand impact of MIT waste-processing spinoff that capitalizes on a process called plasma gasification.
Amanda Hubbard honored with Secretary of Energy’s Appreciation Award
PSFC principal researcher is acknowledged for work with U.S. Burning Plasma Organization.