News Archive

April 23, 2020

Maria Zuber on climate change: “Breakthroughs will happen”

MIT’s vice president for research identifies fusion and the SPARC project as one of three areas that show particular promise for climate action.

April 10, 2020

Exploring novel and low-cost approaches to creating fusion energy

MIT experience with heating plasmas will support novel and low-cost approaches to creating fusion energy.

PSFC

April 10, 2020

First sighting of mysterious Majorana fermion on a common metal

“Majorana fermions are these exotic things, that have long been a dream to see, and we now see them in a very simple material — gold,” says PSFC senior research scientist Jagadeesh Moodera. 

MIT News

April 8, 2020

Pyae Phyo: From Myanmar to NMR

PhD candidate’s journey to the center of the plant cell wall relies on nuclear magnetic resonance technology.

PSFC

March 16, 2020

Fusion researchers endorse push for pilot power plant in US

Plasma Science and Fusion Center

March 5, 2020

Renewable Energy Research Focusing on Space

Dennis Whyte spoke with Chris Gloninger of NBC10 Boston about fusion research at MIT.

NBC10 Boston

March 2, 2020

A new way to prepare graduate students to lead in tech

The Graduate Student Advisory Group in the School of Enghineering  (GradSAGE) has helped pave the way for a new MIT offering this spring, designed to make those transitions from lab research into leadership roles less of a shock to the system for MIT graduate students. 

School of Engineering

February 26, 2020

Thomas Dupree, professor emeritus of Nuclear Science and Engineering and Physics, dies at 86

PSFC