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Fooling fusion fuel: How to discipline unruly plasma

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

PPPL scientists have developed a type of deception to calm unruly plasma and accelerate the harvesting on Earth of fusion energy.

Journal: Physical Review Letters
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, Korean Ministry of Science ICT & Future Planning

Plasma device designed for consumers can quickly disinfect surfaces

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Plasma-based disinfectant and sanitizer proves 99% effective at killing bacteria and now is being tested on deactivating virus.

Journal: Scientific Reports
Funder: US Department of Energy's Office of Science

Insightful looks at the nature and role of science by two former PPPL insiders

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

A profile of scientific essays and a new forward to Vannevar Bush's 1945 landmark "Science The Endless Frontier," together with interviews with the authors.

New high-performance computing cluster greatly enhances fusion research at PPPL

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Business Announcement

Stellar supercomputer marks huge leap forward in the capacity of Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory to tackle fusion development.

Extreme-scale computing and AI forecast a promising future for fusion power

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New computer simulation forecasts a surprisingly optimistic heat load for future fusion facilities designed to harvest on Earth the fusion that powers the sun and stars to generate electricity.

Journal: Physics of Plasmas
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

National panel chaired by PPPL expert urges fusion pilot plant by 2035-2040

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Business Announcement

Article details National Academies report urging US to immediately invest in resolving issues needed to build a fusion-powered pilot plant.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

New machine learning theory raises questions about nature of science

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A novel computer algorithm, or set of rules, that accurately predicts the orbits of planets in the solar system could be adapted to better predict and control the behavior of the plasma that fuels fusion facilities designed to harvest on Earth the fusion energy that powers the sun and stars.

Journal: Scientific Reports
Funder: The United States Department of Energy

New concept for rocket thruster exploits the mechanism behind solar flares

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new type of rocket thruster that could take humankind to Mars and beyond has been proposed by a physicist at PPPL. The device would apply magnetic fields to cause particles of plasma to shoot out the back of a rocket and propel the craft forward.

Journal: Journal of Plasma Physics
Funder: Unites States Department of Energy

New national facility at PPPL and Princeton explores low temperature plasmas

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

New Princeton Princeton Collaborative Low Temperature Plasma Research Facility at PPPL provides access to world-class diagnostics, computational tools, and expertise in plasma physics for characterizing low temperature plasmas (LTP) -- a rapidly expanding source of innovation.

Physicists Hong Qin and Ahmed Diallo recognized for outstanding research

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Theoretcal and experimental physicists at PPPL honored for standout research in 2020.

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