Early use of convalescent plasma may help people with COVID-19 avoid having to go to the hospital, a new study shows.

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

MIT researchers propose a gasoline-ethanol engine that is cleaner and more cost-effective than existing diesel engine technologies to help meet vehicle emission reduction goals.

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

Convalescent plasma, once thought to be an effective way to treat people with mild to moderate COVID-19, doesn't really work, a new study shows.

MIT-led research team fashions graphene foam into device that can extract uranium and other heavy metals from tap water.

After decades of plasma physics research, Senior Research Scientist Brian LaBombard is taking on magnets for MIT’s new fusion effort.

Principal Research Scientist Abhay Ram circles back to his graduate school studies for a new initiative combining classical physics and quantum computing.

Researchers are looking at the very first matter to ever be present in the universe for insights into the very first microsecond of the Big Bang.

Alfvén waves, first proposed 80 years ago, could explain why the sun's atmosphere is so much hotter than its surface.