Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Nuno Loureiro’s primary ambition for the next few years is to home in on a complete understanding of magnetic reconnection in the simplest possible plasma model.

Nuno Loureiro: A theorist seeks the elusive fundamentals of magnetic reconnection

May 12, 2016

Ted Golfinopoulos (left), a postdoc with MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, invites visitors to the USA Science and Engineering Festival to feel how insulated copper coil gets warm when electrical current runs through it, in a demonstration about magnetism and electricity.

Fusion outreach ignites in spring

Plasma Science and Fusion Center education team excites the public about MIT energy research.

May 11, 2016

MIT senior research engineer Paul Woskov is exploring a millimeter-wave technology for drilling through rock.

Rock, drill bit, microwave: Paul Woskov explores a new path through the Earth’s crust

MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center proposes fusion technology to tap geothermal energy.

April 12, 2016

Professor Robert Griffin, head of the Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory

Robert Griffin receives the ACS E. Bright Wilson Award

Professor of chemistry and head of the Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory honored for his pioneering contributions to the field of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

February 19, 2016

New finding may explain heat loss in fusion reactors

Solving a longstanding mystery, MIT experiments reveal two forms of turbulence interacting.

January 21, 2016

MIT nuclear science and engineering undergrad Jake Hecla teaches the audience about the fundamentals of charged-particle radiation.

Inspiring the next generation of nuclear engineers

Nuclear science and engineering community leads “Science on Saturday” outreach at MIT.

December 17, 2015

In a two-year study with New York City garbage trucks, the startup’s sensors cut the frequency and duration of filter regeneration in half, which produced a 1 to 2 percent fuel savings. This can be significant for fleets of trucks, such as those in the study, which use roughly 5,000 to 8,000 gallons of diesel fuel annually.

Wireless sensors could make diesel engines greener

Startup’s sensors measure soot and ash buildup in filters to help engines burn more efficiently.

December 15, 2015

Members of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center will be working with the new Wendelstein 7-X stellarator nuclear fusion experiment.

A new fusion collaboration for MIT

Members of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center celebrate first operations of the world's largest fusion experiment, Wendelstein 7-X.

December 10, 2015

MIT nuclear science and engineering senior Carolena Ruprecht will lead an elite crew responsible for maintaining and operating an aircraft carrier's nuclear-powered systems following graduation in June 2016.

Carolena Ruprecht: On board with nuclear engineering for the Navy

Following graduation this June, senior Carolena Ruprecht will lead a crew maintaining nuclear-powered systems for the U.S. Navy.

December 3, 2015

Josh Stillerman (left) and Bob Mumgaard help guide conference attendee Deedee Ortiz through virtual rooms of a 3-D tokamak fusion device.

Sharing fusion research with 3-D, video games, and comics

Members of MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center wow colleagues, students, and teachers with a 3-D tour of the Institute's nuclear fusion experiment.

November 30, 2015