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PPPL findings could lead to ever-more powerful microchips and supercomputers
March 7, 2022
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Written by John Greenwald

Results focus new light on atomic-scale fabrication. 

Innovative new magnet could facilitate development of fusion and medical devices
March 3, 2022
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Written by Raphael Rosen

May help efforts to harness the power of the sun and stars on Earth to generate electricity.

PPPL senior strategic advisor tapped to lead national study on sustainable use of carbon
March 1, 2022
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Written by Steven M. Schultz/ Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Emily Carter to chair a National Academies of Science committee studying how to turn carbon into useful products. 

PPPL examines the performance of a fusion pilot plant to generate electricity
Feb. 28, 2022
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Written by John Greenwald

First study of both pilot and comprehensive research facility.

Future entrepreneurs get outside their comfort zone in Energy I-Corps workshop
May 10, 2021
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Written by Jeanne Jackson DeVoe

Alexandra Pantry, an electronics technician at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), joined PPPL’s Energy I-Corps workshop to learn entrepreneurial skills. 

New national facility at PPPL and Princeton University explores low temperature plasma for innovative uses
Dec. 23, 2020
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Written by John Greenwald

From plasma technologies to fight the COVID-19 pandemic to heat-resistant Earth reentry vehicles, U.S. researchers are exploring innovative projects at the new Princeton Collaborative Low Temperature Plasma Research Facility (PCRF). 

PPPL physicist to receive Edison Award for fusion-powered rocket propulsion
Oct. 21, 2020
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Written by Jeanne Jackson DeVoe

Physicist Sam Cohen of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and three collaborators will receive the New Jersey Research & Development Council’s 2020 Thomas Edison Patent Award for Emerging Technology for their invention of a compact rocket engine thruster propelled by a small fusion reactor.

Invention sparked by COVID-19 pandemic safely disinfects surfaces continuously
Oct. 12, 2020
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Written by Larry Bernard

An invention to apply plasma to frequently touched items for continuous disinfection could provide a safe, effective, non-chemical way to reduce pathogens on various surfaces such as keypads, escalator handrails, and other high-touch surfaces, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) inventors say.

PPPL physicist wins third place at Innovation Forum for advanced liquid centrifuge invention
Oct. 8, 2020
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Written by Jeanne Jackson DeVoe

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) physicist Erik Gilson won third place at the Princeton University Keller Center’s 15th Annual Innovation Forum for his invention with a team of PPPL researchers of an advanced liquid centrifuge.

PPPL honors physicists Igor Kaganovich and Yevgeny Raitses with Kaul Foundation Prize
Dec. 20, 2019
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Written by John Greenwald

Pioneering research on the development of plasma science and new devices relevant to applications ranging from rocket propulsion to microchip etching have earned principle research physicists Igor Kaganovich and Yevgeny Raitses the 2019 Kaul Foundation Prize for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research and Technology Development.  The honor,…