Why fusion ignition is being hailed as a major breakthrough in fusion – a nuclear physicist explains
The promise of abundant, clean energy powered by nuclear fusion is one big step closer thanks to a new experiment. The results are a historic scientific milestone, but energy production remains a ways off.
Carolyn Kuranz, Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering, University of Michigan •
conversation
Dec. 14, 2022 • ~8 min
Dec. 14, 2022 • ~8 min
MIT expands research collaboration with Commonwealth Fusion Systems to build net energy fusion machine, SPARC
New five-year agreement will support SPARC science, increase graduate students and postdocs, and support interdisciplinary work toward fusion power plants.
Plasma Science and Fusion Center •
mit
May 10, 2022 • ~6 min
May 10, 2022 • ~6 min
Machine learning, harnessed to extreme computing, aids fusion energy development
Linking techniques from machine learning with advanced numerical simulations, MIT researchers take an important step in state-of-the-art predictions for fusion plasmas.
Martin Greenwald | Plasma Science and Fusion Center •
mit
April 27, 2022 • ~7 min
April 27, 2022 • ~7 min
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