Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory have set a new fusion record on the WEST tokamak, sustaining plasma at roughly 50 million degrees Celsius for six ...

BROOKLINE, Mass. — A world-renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor and fusion-energy physicist was shot and killed inside his home earlier this week, an attack that has rattled ...

The fatal shooting of professor Nuno Loureiro of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has prompted an outpouring of grief from the scientific community and renewed attention on his ...

Avalanche Energy lands $29M in funding as plasma physics breakthroughs push compact fusion tech forward and spark momentum in clean energy.

Harnessing the power of the sun holds the promise of providing future societies with energy abundance. To make this a reality, fusion researchers need to address many technological challenges. For ...

Researchers at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory found a way to make plasma heating more efficient for fusion. By slightly angling a Faraday screen near the plasma antenna, they stopped unwanted ...

Measuring conditions in volatile clouds of superheated gases known as plasmas is central to pursuing greater scientific ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has elevated Arati Dasgupta, Ph.D., an internationally recognized atomic and plasma physicist at the U.S. Naval Research ...

We interrupt your daily programming for an exclusive statement from the sun, streaming from 93 million miles away. “Yo, Blue Hens. It’s me, your 4.5-billion-year-old neighbor, the one at the center of ...

Nuno Loureiro was a physicist who served as the director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center. He also held faculty appointments in MIT’s Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering and ...