On course to create a fusion power plant

How an MIT engineering course became an incubator for fusion design innovations.

Paul Rivenberg | Plasma Science and Fusion Center • mit
April 29, 2021 • ~8 min

An aggressive market-driven model for US fusion power development

National Academies study says fusion can help decarbonize US energy, calls for public-private approach to pilot plant operation by 2035-40.

Peter Dunn | Plasma Science and Fusion Center • mit
Feb. 24, 2021 • ~9 min

Keeping an eye on the fusion future

Daniel Korsun’s undergraduate career at MIT prepared him to look more deeply into fusion magnet technology and design.

Paul Rivenberg | Plasma Science and Fusion Center • mit
Feb. 22, 2021 • ~5 min

It's no Large Hadron Collider, but our new particle accelerator is the size of a large room

The compact accelerators are 100 times smaller than traditional ones, and could easily fit inside hospitals and laboratories.

Gianluca Sarri, Reader (Associate Professor) at the School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast • conversation
Feb. 18, 2021 • ~8 min

Forget the Large Hadron Collider – our team has designed a particle accelerator the size of a large room

The compact accelerators are 100 times smaller than traditional ones, and could easily fit inside hospitals and laboratories.

Gianluca Sarri, Reader (Associate Professor) at the School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast • conversation
Feb. 18, 2021 • ~8 min

Storm in a cosmic teacup: A new paradigm for understanding plasma turbulence

PhD candidate Lucio Milanese uncovers new fundamental mechanism in turbulence.

Paul Rivenberg | Plasma Science and Fusion Center • mit
Jan. 12, 2021 • ~9 min

Why is the sun’s atmosphere hotter than its surface?

A phenomenon first detected in the solar wind may help solve a mystery about the sun: why the solar atmosphere is millions of degrees hotter than the surface.

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
Dec. 11, 2020 • ~8 min

What monoclonal antibodies are – and why we need them as well as a vaccine

Monoclonal antibodies are synthetic molecules manufactured in the lab. But do we need them if a vaccine is on its way?

Rodney E. Rohde, Professor Clinical Laboratory Science, Texas State University • conversation
Nov. 16, 2020 • ~9 min

Pushing the envelope with fusion magnets

MIT Energy Fellow David Fischer irradiates high-temperature superconducting tape to test its resilience and prepare for the first pilot fusion plant.

Paul Rivenberg | Plasma Science and Fusion Center • mit
Nov. 6, 2020 • ~6 min

Superconductor technology for smaller, sooner fusion

MIT-Commonwealth Fusion Systems demonstration of new superconducting cable is a key step on the high-field path to compact fusion.

Leda Zimmerman | Plasma Science and Fusion Center • mit
Oct. 13, 2020 • ~9 min

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