In a new realm of materials, PhD student Thanh Nguyen uses neutrons to hunt for exotic properties that could power real-world applications.

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

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

Normally an insulator, diamond becomes a metallic conductor when subjected to large strain in a new theoretical model.

Seven studies describe progress thus far and challenges ahead for a revolutionary zero-emissions power source.

Undergraduates Aljazzy Alahmadi, Andrea Garcia, and Quynh Nguyen are sustaining the nuclear science and engineering research mission from around the world.

Researchers devise a practical solution for preventing corrosive CRUD buildup in nuclear systems.

Multidisciplinary team uses metal organic frameworks to extract radioactive krypton from fuel-reprocessing gasses.

In certain alloys, exposure to proton irradiation can extend the material’s lifetime, study finds.

Ion-based technology may enable energy-efficient simulations of the brain’s learning process, for neural network AI systems.