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September 25, 2020

The Engine funds PSFC start up Quaise

Quaise, a startup born from research at the PSFC, will develop a new type of energy drilling system that will allow access to the depths necessary to exploit geothermal energy. Pioneered by PSFC principal research scientist Paul Woskov, the technique uses microwaves to blast through rock.

The Engine

July 8, 2020

How to grow a cosmic magnetic field

“Tiny magnetic fields, through interaction with plasmas, can potentially increase their coherence length by many orders of magnitude to become the enormous astronomical-scale magnetic fields observed in the universe,” says graduate student Muni Zhou.

PSFC

June 29, 2020

At home with fusion research

In March, when concerns about the coronavirus forced her to leave MIT, undergraduate Sreya Vangara found herself 450 miles from campus, and needing to reorient her approach to her fusion project for both the spring and summer sessions.

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Paul Thomas, MIT

June 10, 2020

Remembering Paul Thomas

Paul Thomas, best known as MIT’s ‘Mr. Magnet,’ passed away on May 4 at the age of 77. By the time he retired from MIT in 2014, PSFC technical supervisor had introduced over 500,000 school children to the mysteries of magnetism with his Mr. Magnet Science Show. Here are some reflections from teachers, students and colleagues.

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