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Replacing Hype About Artificial Intelligence with Accurate Measurements of Success

A new paper in Nature Machine Intelligence notes that journal articles reporting how well machine learning models solve certain kinds of equations are often overly optimistic. The researchers suggest two rules for reporting results and systemic...
23-Sep-2024 8:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Emily Carter Wins Prestigious Marsha I. Lester Award From American Chemical Society

Nominees for the award must be members of the ACS’s physical chemistry division. The winner receives the award at the meeting, gives a research presentation, and receives an honorarium. Carter is just the second person to receive this newly...
24-Sep-2024 8:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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PPPL Researcher Lan Gao Wins a DOE $2.75 Million Early Career Award to Develop Innovative Diagnostic Tools for Future Fusion Energy Devices

PPPL research scientist Lan Gao received a $2.75 million Early Career Research Program Award from the U.S. Department of Energy for her research on innovative X-ray diagnostics to develop fusion energy. Gao recently became head of PPPL’s High...
20-Sep-2024 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Trailblazers in Plasma Turbulence Computer Simulations Win 2024 James Clerk Maxwell Prize

Greg Hammett and Bill Dorland have been awarded the 2024 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics for their pioneering work on turbulence in plasma, a key challenge in the quest for fusion energy.
16-Sep-2024 3:45 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Bubbling, frothing and sloshing: Long-hypothesized plasma instabilities finally observed

PPPL scientists have observed new details of how plasma interacts with magnetic fields, potentially providing insight into the formation of enormous plasma jets that stretch between the stars.
27-Aug-2024 8:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Quenching the intense heat of a fusion plasma may require a well-placed liquid metal evaporator

New fusion simulations of the inside of a tokamak reveal the ideal spot for a “cave” with flowing liquid lithium is near the bottom by the center stack, as the evaporating metal particles should land in just the right spot to dissipate excess...
21-Aug-2024 8:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Laura Berzak Hopkins joins PPPL as new associate laboratory director for strategy and partnerships

Seasoned national laboratory scientist and leader Laura Berzak Hopkins joins PPPL as its new associate laboratory director for strategy and partnerships and deputy chief research officer.
12-Aug-2024 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Heating for fusion: Why toast plasma when you can microwave it!

Can plasma be sufficiently heated inside a tokamak using only microwaves? New research suggests it can! Eliminating the central ohmic heating coil normally used in tokamaks will free up much-needed space for a more compact, efficient spherical...
6-Aug-2024 8:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites


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PPPL expert details plans for a fusion pilot plant for presidential advisors

Article describes presentation to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology the report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine that calls for rapidly assembling public, private and university...
11-Nov-2021 12:05 PM EST

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Steve Cowley: The knight who leads the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory has “the most fun job”

Profile of Steve Cowley, new director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory whom the Queen of England knighted in October.
5-Dec-2018 2:05 PM EST

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An Interview with Shannon Swilley Greco, New Vice Chair of the APS Forum on Outreach and Engaging the Public

Shannon Swilley Greco, a program leader in the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory's Science Education Office, is vice chair elect of the American Physical Society's Forum on Outreach and Engaging the Public.
1-Oct-2018 3:05 PM EDT

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