A step toward fusion power
MIT advance could help remove contaminants that slow fusion reactions, and may bring practical fusion power plants a bit closer to reality.
New project aims for fusion ignition
MIT-led Ignitor reactor could be the world’s first to reach major milestone, perhaps paving the way for eventual power production.
Congressman Markey visits Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Lawmaker observes experiments under way at campus facility
Levitating magnet brings space physics to fusion
Tests on a machine that mimics a planet’s magnetic field show that it may offer an ‘alternative path’ to taming nuclear fusion for power generation.
Porkolab to receive Maxwell Prize
Prof. Miklos Porkolab will receive the Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics on November 4, during a meeting of the American Physical Society - Division of Plasma Physics.
PSFC collaborates on new Plasma Surface Interactions Center
The Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) has partnered with the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the University of California, Berkeley to create a new center for the study of Plasma Surface Interactions (PSI).