Going further with fusion, together

At 4 a.m., while most of New Jersey slept, a Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) physicist sat at his computer ...
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Fusion physicists found a way around a long-standing density limit

Experiments inside a fusion reactor in China have demonstrated a new way to circumvent one of the caps on the density of the superheated plasma swirling inside. At the Experimental Advanced ...
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China’s fusion experiment hits 'impossible' plasma density milestone

China’s latest advance with its so‑called artificial sun has pushed fusion plasma into a regime many physicists long treated ...
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“Science on Saturday” Talks at Plasma Physics Lab Are Geared Toward Anyone Who is Curious

SCIENCE FOR EVERYONE: State Sen. Andrew Zwicker, who is also a physicist and hosts the “Science on Saturday” series at ...
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Chinese Fusion Reactor Achieves Plasma Density Previously Thought to Be Impossible

Scientists at China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) program rang in the new year with a stunning ...
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Princeton Plasma Physics Lab uses AI machine learning to advance fusion research

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory published a new paper last week, marking significant results from the lab’s artificial intelligence research. In the paper, published in Nature Communications, PPPL ...

Nuno F.G. Loureiro, award-winning MIT scientist, remembered as a ‘physicist’s physicist’

His promising work at MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center brought him and the lab global recognition as well as the hope ...
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Using artificial intelligence to speed up and improve the most computationally-intensive aspects of plasma physics in fusion

The intricate dance of atoms fusing and releasing energy has fascinated scientists for decades. Now, human ingenuity and artificial intelligence are coming together at the U.S. Department of Energy’s ...

Researchers build plasma accelerator that boosts electron energy and brightness at the same time

Researchers from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the University of California, Los ...
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MIT Fusion Physicist Murdered in His Home

The professor was shot “multiple times” at this home in Brookline, Massachusetts, according to officials, and died on Tuesday morning in the hospital. The Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office has ...
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What MIT Physicist Nuno Loureiro Was Working on Before Fatal Shooting

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 ...