Explanation may apply to all spherical tokamaks.

Possible setback for designers to avoid.

The terms of a wager between two prominent plasma physicists drawn on a napkin 34 years ago were fulfilled last week when Robert Goldston, a former director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, presented a plaque to his friend Jean Jacquinot, former director of the Joint European Torus (JET), EUROfusion's…

Quest, the annual research magazine of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), is now online.

Reducing instabilities and maximizing plasma performance

New information could help scientists use lasers to create fusion.

Procedure could reproduce early stages of extraordinary fast radio bursts.

Revision substantially broadens internal collaborations.

Harnessing the power that makes the sun and stars shine.

Untangling magnetic reconnection.

Fresh insights into the capability of the NSTX-U

Physicist and team tackle an audacious project. 

Affiliates with program to develop full potential of quantum applications.

Steve Cowley, PPPL director, joined climate and energy experts from national laboratories, universities, private industry, government agencies, and congressional representatives gathered together on March 17 at the White House summit, “Developing a Bold Decadal Vision for Commercial Fusion Energy,” organized by the Office of Science Technology Policy (OSTP) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

Steve Cowley, director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), is among a group of national leaders in fusion energy scheduled to meet in Washington, D.C., today for a White House summit hosted by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).