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.
Undergraduates ramp up research during pandemic diaspora
Far from MIT, nuclear science and engineering students take ownership of projects and explore new terrain.
Turning diamond into metal
Normally an insulator, diamond becomes a metallic conductor when subjected to large strain in a new theoretical model.
Validating the physics behind the new MIT-designed fusion experiment
Seven studies describe progress thus far and challenges ahead for a revolutionary zero-emissions power source.
3Q: Fighting racism in the nuclear community
MIT’s Katlyn Turner and four other nuclear scientists issue a call for antiracist actions within their profession.
Laser-focused: Four MIT students foster new insights into inertial confinement fusion
Undergraduate research opportunities in the Plasma Science and Fusion Center’s High-Energy-Density Physics division support multiple fusion collaborations.
For student researchers, no pause for the pandemic
Undergraduates Aljazzy Alahmadi, Andrea Garcia, and Quynh Nguyen are sustaining the nuclear science and engineering research mission from around the world.
A fix for foulants
Researchers devise a practical solution for preventing corrosive CRUD buildup in nuclear systems.
Assessing the value of battery energy storage in future power grids
Storage value increases as variable renewable energy supplies an increasing share of electricity, but storage cost declines are needed to realize full potential.
The tenured engineers of 2020
Eight faculty members have been granted tenure in five departments across the School of Engineering.
Novel gas-capture approach advances nuclear fuel management
Multidisciplinary team uses metal organic frameworks to extract radioactive krypton from fuel-reprocessing gasses.
How to grow a cosmic magnetic field
Graduate student Muni Zhou shows how tiny magnetic seed fields can expand to cosmic proportions.
To engineers’ surprise, radiation can slow corrosion of some materials
In certain alloys, exposure to proton irradiation can extend the material’s lifetime, study finds.
At home with fusion research
Hundreds of miles from campus, Sreya Vangara recalibrates her approach to laboratory research and other MIT commitments.