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Two NSE projects among 27 finalists in first-ever MIT Climate Grand Challenges
Center for Electrification and Decarbonization of Industry, led by Yet-Ming Chiang and Bilge Yildiz and Decarbonizing and strengthening the global energy infrastructure using nuclear batteries, led by Jacopo Buongiorno are finalists in the Climate Grand Challenges competition launched in July 2020.
NSE’s Carolyn Carrington speaks at Annual MLK Celebration
The 48th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, held virtually on February 10 themed ‘Open your mind and heart to truth and love’
Leveraging science and technology against the world’s top problems
Looking back on nearly a half century at MIT, Richard K. Lester, associate provost and Japan Steel Industry Professor, sees a “somewhat eccentric professional trajectory.” But while his path has been irregular, there has been a clearly defined through line, Lester says:...
Building technological tools for nuclear disarmament
Spotlight: Associate Professor Areg Danagoulian credits mentorship with helping him establish a path through nuclear physics.
An Urgent Call to Action on Climate Change Lays Foundation for New Strategic Plan from MIT's Department of Nuclear Science & Engineering
The call to action in the face of rapidly accelerating climate change is growing louder than ever. MIT’s Department of Nuclear Science & Engineering (NSE) is uniquely positioned to address this global challenge. It continues to spearhead mitigation and remediation efforts through...
Mapping the depths of plasma physics
Jack Hare says running a science lab is rather like spelunking. In graduate school for plasma physics, at Imperial College London, he was part of the caving club. Each summer, he’d spend three weeks on an expedition to Slovenia, where they’d camp...
Seeing the plasma edge of fusion experiments in new ways with artificial intelligence
NSE graduate student Abhilash Mathews is testing a simplified turbulence theory’s ability to model complex plasma phenomena using a novel machine-learning technique.
Fast-tracking the search for energy-efficient materials
Born into a family of architects, Nina Andrejević loved creating drawings of her home and other buildings while a child in Serbia. She and her twin sister shared this passion, along with an appetite for math and science. Over time, these interests...
Turbulence yields to topology
NSE PhD candidate Lucio Milanese expands a theory of turbulence to include both ionized and non-ionized fluids.
Sensor based on quantum physics could detect SARS-CoV-2 virus
Mathematical simulations show the new approach may offer faster, cheaper, and more accurate detection, including identifying new variants.