News Archive

January 21, 2021

New fiber optic temperature sensing approach to keep fusion power plants running

MIT’s Erica Salazar shows that faster detection of thermal shifts can prevent disruptive quench events in the HTS magnets used in tokamak fusion devices.

PSFC / NSE News

January 14, 2021

InEnTec: Turning trash into valuable chemical products and clean fuels

Landfills take up space, but there is a much more serious problem associated with them according to MITEI research scientist Daniel R. Cohn: greenhouse gas emissions.

MIT Energy Initiative Publication Date:

December 21, 2020

Storm in a cosmic teacup: Discovering a new paradigm for understanding plasma turbulence

On the path to writing his PhD dissertation Lucio Milanese made a discovery - one that refocused his research and will now likely dominate his thesis.

PSFC

December 18, 2020

Three Questions: Francesco Sciortino on his HTPD invited talk

PhD candidate Francesco Sciortino works at the PSFC on plasma turbulence in tokamaks, with an emphasis on computational statistics and machine learning methods.

PSFC

December 9, 2020

Lucio Milanese is among four MIT students awarded 2022 Schwarzman Scholarships

PSFC graduate student Lucio Milanese is one of four MIT students selected this year to pursue a master’s degrees in global affairs and leadership training at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

Distinguished Fellowships

December 2, 2020

Pablo Rodriguez-Fernandez — Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science

PSFC postdoctoral associate Pablo Rodriguez-Fernandez (MIT PhD’19) has been named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the Science sector for 2021.

PSFC

December 1, 2020

Amanda Hubbard honored with Secretary of Energy’s Appreciation Award

Amanda Hubbard, principal research scientist at MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC), has been awarded a 2020 Secretary of Energy’s Appreciation Award.

PSFC

November 23, 2020

Chemists discover the structure of a key coronavirus protein

Led by Prof. Mei Hong, senior research scientist at the PSFC's Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory, MIT chemists have determined the molecular structure of a protein found in the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

MIT News

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