News Archive

February 10, 2022

Gatu Johnson and Frenje receive NNSA Secretary’s Honor Award

PSFC's Maria Gatu Johnson and Johan Frenje were part of a team who won the NNSA Secretary's Honor Award for the achievement of a Burning Plasma at the National Ignition Facility.

PSFC News

February 9, 2022

Tuning in to invisible waves on the JET tokamak

In England for the last two years, research scientist Alex Tinguely has been overseeing a special antenna used on the UK’s record-breaking fusion experiment.

PSFC News

January 18, 2022

Mapping the depths of plasma physics

In his new lab where he will study how plasma behaves in the universe, assistant professor of nuclear science and engineering Jack Hare draws inspiration from spelunking.

NSE News

January 3, 2022

Turbulence yields to topology

NSE PhD candidate Lucio Milanese expands a theory of turbulence to include both ionized and non-ionized fluids.

PSFC News

Red and orange swirls simulation of plasma

December 13, 2021

Seeing the plasma edge of fusion experiments in new ways with AI

In a pair of recent publications, Abhilash Mathews begins directly testing the accuracy of a reduced plasma turbulence model in a new way: he combines physics with machine learning.

PSFC News

December 10, 2021

Fusion has great potential as a carbon-free energy source but plasma turbulence presents a problem. Rachel Bielajew is taking on that challenge and helping make a better world—through science and community action.

MIT NSE News

November 22, 2021

Research Administration Spotlight: Katherine Ware and David Parker

PSFC Senior Fiscal Office Katherine Ware and Administrative Officer David Parker share their enjoyment of working at the PSFC in this RA Community News interview.

RA Community News

Faces of participants surrounding the MIT dome

November 12, 2021

MIT makes strides on climate action plan

Prof. Anne White (co-chair of MIT's Climate Nucleus) and PSFC Director Dennis White both contributed to the MIT Climate Tune-In, just part of the Institute's effort to make strides on climate change discussed in this article.

MIT News