Team Led by PPPL Wins Time on Three Supercomputers to Study the Complex Edge of Fusion Plasmas

Article describes INCITE award of major time on three supercomputers to PPPL-let team to study the complex edge of fusion plasmas.
14-Dec-2018 4:55 PM EST Add to Favorites

Experiments at PPPL show remarkable agreement with satellite sightings

Feature describes striking similarity of laboratory research findings with observations of the four-satellite Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission that studies magnetic reconnection in space.
7-Dec-2018 12:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

From the Cosmos to Fusion Plasmas, PPPL Presents Findings at Global APS Gathering

Invited Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory talks at 60th American Physical Society-Department of Plasma Physics annual meeting.
12-Nov-2018 1:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Growing Magnetic Fields in Deep Space: Just Wiggle the Plasma

Astrophysicists have long wondered how cosmic magnetic fields fields are produced, sustained, and magnified. PPPL scientists have shown that plasma turbulence might be responsible, providing a possible answer to what has been called one of the most...
5-Nov-2018 1:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

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

Feature describes unexpected discovery of a role the process that seeds magnetic fields plays in mediating a phenomenon that occurs throughout the universe and can disrupt cell phone service and knock out power grids on Earth.
19-Oct-2018 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

New simulations confirm efficiency of waste-removal process in plasma device

PPPL scientists have found evidence suggesting that a process could remove the unwanted ash produced during fusion reactions and make the fusion processes more efficient within a type of fusion facility known as a field-reversed configuration device.
16-Oct-2018 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory designated an historic mechanical engineering site

American Society of Mechanical Engineers names PPPL an historic landmark site.
5-Oct-2018 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

PPPL’s Sam Cohen earns award at meeting of U.S. government-funded laboratories hosted by PPPL

PPPL physicist Sam Cohen and a local company win a Federal Laboratory Consortium award for a rocket propulsion technology.
4-Oct-2018 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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