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October 22, 2021

Radiofrequency wave scattering improves fusion simulations

By incorporating the scattering of radiofrequency waves into fusion simulations, MIT physicists improve heating and current drive predictions for fusion plasmas.

PSFC News

October 12, 2021

Can nuclear fusion put the breaks on climate change

A brief history of the road to ARC and SPARC as it leads to the historic magnet testing at MIT in September 2021.

The New Yorker

Photo of MIT crew who worked on the MRS diagnostic at the National Ignition Facility

September 28, 2021

MIT makes key contribution to the National Ignition Facility’s historic fusion experiment

The PSFC's Magnetic Recoil neutron Spectrometer was vital to the success of the National Ignitiion Facilities historic fusion yield, which puts researchers within reach of "ignition."

PSFC News

Photos of MIT professors Noelle Selen and Anne White

September 17, 2021

MIT appoints members of new faculty committee to drive climate action plan

Profs. Anne White and Noelle Selin will cochair MIT's Climate Nucleus, a committee established by the Institute’s “Fast Forward” climate action plan.

MIT News

Hand holds a magnet under a plasma demo device

September 10, 2021

Commercial fusion by 2030? With latest test, scientists say it's in reach

Two teams of Cambridge scientists say they have successfully tested the world's strongest high-temperature superconducting magnet, putting them a step closer towards a workable fusion reactor.

WBUR

September 7, 2021

MIT-designed magnet is a major advance toward fusion energy

New superconducting magnet breaks magnetic field strength records, paving the way for practical, commercial, carbon-free power.

MIT News

Dan Cohn and Leslie Bromberg stand next to a red

September 3, 2021

3 Questions: Daniel Cohn on the benefits of high-efficiency, flexible fuel engines for heavy-duty trucking

Dan Cohn and Leslie Bromberg have been developing a highly efficient, gasoline-ethanol engine that could help to efficiently reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the heavy-duty trucking sector.

MIT Energy Initiative News

September 2, 2021

Negative triangularity - a positive for tokamak fusion reactors

MIT researchers have teamed with the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne to learn more about plasma edge dynamics and power and particle exhaust properties.

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, Fusion Energy Sciences

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