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Early career scientist wins prestigious Hungarian physics award

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Laszlo Horvath, an early career physicist at PPPL, is the winner of the 2022 Károly Simonyi Memorial Plaque from the Hungarian Nuclear Society.

PPPL hosts workshop on fusion energy and nonproliferation

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Meeting Announcement

PPPL hosted a workshop on fusion energy and nuclear nonproliferation at Princeton University on Jan. 25 and 26. Participants included representatives from government, national laboratories, Princeton University, other academic institutions, and private fusion developers.

Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

The world's largest turbulence simulation unmasks the flow of energy in astrophysical plasmas

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory uncover the long-hidden process that helps explain why the Sun's corona can be vastly hotter than the solar surface that emits it.

Journal: Science Advances

PPPL awarded more than $12 million to speed development of a fusion pilot plant

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded PPPL funding of more than $12 million to work with laboratories around the world to accelerate the development of a pilot plant powered by the carbon-free fusion energy that drives the sun and stars and can counter climate change.

Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

Delgado-Aparicio appointed to national fusion advisory committee

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

He has been named a member of the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, which advises the director of the United States Office of Science on complex scientific and technical matters related to America’s fusion energy sciences research program.

PPPL physicist wins awards for two fusion projects

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Physicist Stefano Munaretto of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has received leadership roles in two DOE three-year awards.

Elemental research: Scientists apply boron to tungsten components in fusion facilities

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at have conducted research showing that a PPPL-developed powder dropper can successfully drop boron powder into high-temperature plasma within tokamaks that have parts made of a heat-resistant material known as tungsten.

Journal: Nuclear Fusion
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

PPPL in the spotlight: National CBS news program focuses on fusion energy

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Business Announcement

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Steve Cowley, PPPL’s director, were featured on the July 23 “CBS Saturday Morning.”

PPPL launches project to build the Princeton Plasma Innovation Center

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Business Announcement

PPPL moved forward with plans to build the Princeton Plasma Innovation Center (PPIC), a new state-of-the-art office and laboratory building and the first new building on campus in 50 years. The project kicked off during a meeting with architects on July 8.

Smaller, stronger magnets could improve devices that harness the fusion power of the sun and stars

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

PPPL researchers have found a way to build powerful magnets smaller than before, aiding the design and construction of machines that could help the world harness the power of the sun to create electricity without producing greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.

Journal: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

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