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Photos of MIT professors Noelle Selen and Anne White

September 17, 2021

MIT appoints members of new faculty committee to drive climate action plan

Profs. Anne White and Noelle Selin will cochair MIT's Climate Nucleus, a committee established by the Institute’s “Fast Forward” climate action plan.

MIT News

Hand holds a magnet under a plasma demo device

September 10, 2021

Commercial fusion by 2030? With latest test, scientists say it's in reach

Two teams of Cambridge scientists say they have successfully tested the world's strongest high-temperature superconducting magnet, putting them a step closer towards a workable fusion reactor.

WBUR

September 7, 2021

MIT-designed magnet is a major advance toward fusion energy

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

MIT News

Dan Cohn and Leslie Bromberg stand next to a red

September 3, 2021

3 Questions: Daniel Cohn on the benefits of high-efficiency, flexible fuel engines for heavy-duty trucking

Dan Cohn and Leslie Bromberg have been developing a highly efficient, gasoline-ethanol engine that could help to efficiently reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the heavy-duty trucking sector.

MIT Energy Initiative News

September 2, 2021

Negative triangularity - a positive for tokamak fusion reactors

MIT researchers have teamed with the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne to learn more about plasma edge dynamics and power and particle exhaust properties.

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, Fusion Energy Sciences

August 18, 2021

Steven Jepeal wins second place prize in Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D awards

MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE) graduate student Steven Jepeal has been awarded a Second Place prize in the 2021 Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Awards.

PSFC News

August 9, 2021

New leadership for PSFC High-Energy-Density Physics division

After 45 years at MIT’s PSFC and 15 years heading their High-Energy-Density Physics (HEDP) Division, Senior Research Scientist Richard Petrasso has stepped down to pursue new research interests.

PSFC News

July 9, 2021

Magnet Man

After overseeing three years of research and development, Brian LaBombard is ready to test a toroidal field model coil (TFMC), a prototype for those that will be used in the new fusion experiment, SPARC.

PSFC News

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