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Graphic depicting diode. Two stacked rectangles; the bottom is light gray and the top is translucent pink. Arrows show the field lines coming from the front of the intersection of the two rectangles, looping under the gray, and back up towards to the top of the pink.

July 31, 2023

Team creates simple superconducting device that could dramatically cut energy use in computing, among other important applications

MIT scientists and colleagues have created a superconducting device that could dramatically cut energy use in computing, among other important applications.

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Graeme Sutcliffe (left) in a green shirt against a background of greenery and Patrick Adrian (right) in a blue checked shirt against an out of foucs schematic of the OMEGA laser facility

July 27, 2023

Patrick Adrian and Graeme Sutcliffe receive prestigious Fellowships in High-Energy-Density Sciences

Two MIT graduate students, Patrick Adrian and Graeme Sutcliffe, have been awarded distinguished fellowships to further their studies of high-energy-density physics.

Shoma Akamatsu stands to the right of the photo. A window to his left shows a city skyline

July 26, 2023

Shoma Akamatsu receives the Advanced Technology Award

MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center visiting graduate student Shoma Akamatsu has been presented with the Advanced Technology Award. A student at Tohoku University in Japan, Akamatsu came to the PSFC to conduct specialized experiments with Senior Research Scientist Jagadeesh Moodera.

A rectangular vector map distorted on each end by squeezing or stretching showing how charged particles are directed to the top or bottom edge of the map by the anomalous Hall effect.

July 12, 2023

Newly discovered quantum magnet unleashes electronics potential

Three MIT scientists and their collaborators publish groundbreaking paper in Nature Communications detailing their discovery of a paradigm-shifting magnet.

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June 27, 2023

From MIT bonds to stellarator breakthroughs: the rise of Alumni-fueled startup Proxima Fusion

In April Lucio Milanese ('23) and Francesco Sciortino ('21) launched Proxima Fusion, the goal of which is to build a commercially viable stellarator fusion power plant.

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Abhay K Ram, a physics professor at MIT PSFC, smiles as he stands in front of a whiteboard holding a physics textbook.

May 31, 2023

A new mathematical “blueprint” is accelerating fusion device development

How can plasma physicists harness the power of quantum computers? Abhay K. Ram, a PSFC Principal Research Scientist, and his co-authors Efstratios Koukoutsis, Kyriakos Hizanidis, and George Vahala have an answer in their recently published paper called “Dyson maps and unitary evolution for Maxwell equations in tensor dielectric media”.

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April 18, 2023

Maria Gatu-Johnson elected U.S. National Academy of Sciences Kavli Fellow

MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Research Scientist Maria Gatu-Johnson has been elected a Kavli Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS).

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April 17, 2023

Erika Ye receives Luis. W. Alvarez Fellowship in Computer Sciences

MIT Postdoctoral Associate Erika Ye has been awarded a Luis W. Alvarez Fellowship in Computer Sciences from the Berkeley Lab of Computing Sciences at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).

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