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Scientists Use Supercomputers to Study Reliable Fusion Reactor Design, Operation
3 years ago

Scientists Use Supercomputers to Study Reliable Fusion Reactor Design, Operation

By  •  3 years ago  •  Featured, Science

Nuclear fusion, the same kind of energy that fuels stars, could one day power our world with abundant, safe, and carbon-free energy. Aided by supercomputers Summit at the US Department …
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PPPL’s Will Fox Honored for Research on Titan
4 years ago

PPPL’s Will Fox Honored for Research on Titan

By  •  4 years ago  •  Science

Will Fox, a research scientist at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and long-time user of the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), has received …
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Surprise finding: Discovering a previously unknown role for a source of magnetic fields
5 years ago

Surprise finding: Discovering a previously unknown role for a source of magnetic fields

By  •  5 years ago  •  Featured, Science

By John Greenwald, PPPL

Magnetic forces ripple throughout the universe, from the fields surrounding planets to the gasses filling galaxies, and can be launched by a phenomenon called the Biermann battery …
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Breakthrough Fusion Simulations Shed Light on Plasma Confinement

By  •  12 years ago  •  Science

Using Jaguar, a research team led by William Tang of DOE’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory is developing a clearer picture of plasma confinement properties in an experimental device that will pave the way to future commercial fusion power plants.
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