WEST, the tungsten (W) Environment in Steady-state Tokamak, operated by CEA, has sustained a #fusion plasma of about 50 million degrees Celsius for a record six minutes. ⚛️ Measurements by PPPL & tech by DECTRIS Ltd.. Business Insider reports: bit.ly/4be0SJD

The Princeton Plasma Innovation Center (PPIC) is the “cornerstone for a new vision for the Laboratory,” said Juston Fontaine, deputy director for field operations of U.S. Department of Energy's DOE Office of Science, who noted PPPL's expanding mission at last week's groundbreaking. bit.ly/3WFLTE3

If you're looking forward to seeing northern lights as a result of the unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth tonight and this weekend, then you're looking forward to seeing plasma! Learn all about the fourth state of matter in this Princeton University video. bit.ly/464o1e9

What better way to wrap up #FusionEnergyWeek than by breaking ground for the new Princeton Plasma Innovation Center! With U.S. Department of Energy, Princeton University and area leaders, we donned hard hats and broke out the shovels to usher in a new era for PPPL. bit.ly/49Pqifa US Fusion Energy

Sean Hough is an electronic technician apprentice at PPPL. As we recognize Youth Apprenticeship Week, learn how he's a part of our first-in-the-nation registered apprenticeship program in #fusion energy and engineering ➡️ bit.ly/3GiHcYO. #YAW2024 #ApprenticeshipsUSA

Congratulations to the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory on the groundbreaking of their Innovation Center.
I am proud to support this project which will further our unified commitment to harnessing fusion energy and leading us into a cleaner and safer energy future.

New building, new era at PPPL! U.S. Department of Energy, Princeton University, state & local leaders joined us to break ground for the Princeton Plasma Innovation Center, a new building that supports our expanding research mission & enhances our capacity to collaborate and engage. bit.ly/49Pqifa

Greetings from PPPL for the groundbreaking of the new Princeton Plasma Innovation Center
U.S. Department of Energy Princeton University
More to come NJBIZ

Drumroll please! 🥁 The Princeton Plasma Innovation Center (PPIC) will serve as an international hub of fusion research at PPPL, bringing together lab and office space to support microelectronics, quantum sensors and devices and sustainability sciences. bit.ly/3UNyTe6

Akin to a pinhole camera, a new tool developed at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab helps researchers understand fueling by measuring plasma light.

This is the first tool that can specifically measure Lyman-alpha frequency. bit.ly/3UQvtr4

As we get ready to break ground for the Princeton Plasma Innovation Center (PPIC), see how theory and computational sciences continue to lay the foundation for advancements in plasma physics and enable us to push the limits of possibility. bit.ly/4doHkUF

On #NationalTeacherDay we're giving a shout-out 🙌 to all the teachers in science, technology, engineering and math out there! 👀 Looking to inspire even more #STEM students? Join us for the Young Women's Conference in STEM on May 17 in California! bit.ly/4aXqbQb

A fusion device known as WEST, the tungsten (W) Environment in Steady-state Tokamak, operated by CEA, has sustained a #fusion plasma of about 50 million degrees Celsius for a record six minutes. ⚛️ Measurements by PPPL and tech by DECTRIS Ltd.. bit.ly/4aSsTGF

Fusion breakthrough! ⚛️ WEST, the tungsten (W) Environment in Steady-state Tokamak, has sustained a hot #fusion plasma of about 50 million degrees Celsius for a record six minutes. See how PPPL CEA and DECTRIS Ltd. made it happen. bit.ly/4aSsTGF

To start off Youth Apprenticeship Week, meet Abigail Fellnor, an electrical technician apprentice at PPPL. She's part of our first-in-the-nation registered apprenticeship program in #fusion energy and engineering ➡️ bit.ly/3UtfA8w. #YAW2024 #ApprenticeshipUSA

Lightsabers of #StarWars lore are said to feature a plasma blade — and while they are science fiction, plasma is science reality. 🌟

What makes the fourth state of matter so special? Find out in this video produced with Princeton University. bit.ly/464o1e9 #MayThe4thBeWithYou

Sometimes you don't need a new technology - you just need to look at existing ones in a new way. To contain plasma for fusion, researchers PPPL combined 2 older technologies. This approach offers a promising path forward, as covered in Popular Mechanics: popularmechanics.com/science/a60620…

Is the future of space travel powered by plasma? On #NationalSpaceDay , Fatima Ebrahimi at PPPL thinks it might be. She recently presented about her Magnetic Reconnection Drive (MRD) plasma-propulsion system at Princeton University with Princeton Entrepreneurship Council. bit.ly/3wav49z

High-powered lasers could unlock the potential of #fusion power. ⚛️ A burgeoning community of laser scientists, including several from PPPL, will gather in July to discuss high-power laser science and technology at the 2024 LaserNetUS Meeting. ➡️ bit.ly/3JJR8ee

Ever wonder how it all began at the Lab? Get a look how we continue to make #PPPLHistory as part of #FusionEnergyWeek with US Fusion Energy during a special #ScienceOnSaturday lecture, Saturday, May 4, from 9:30-11 a.m. ET. Attend in person or online. bit.ly/4aRJTNj