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A U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratory managed by Princeton University, the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) is tackling the world’s toughest science and technology …

Exploring the Power of Plasma Plasma has a range of applications, and the world’s leading plasma physicists are advancing them at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). Drawing on …

5 days ago · Jan. 7, 2026 Artificially intelligent control system for fusion energy devices wins the 2025 Kaul Foundation Prize Dec. 23, 2025 Andrei Khodak named PPPL’s Distinguished Engineering …

PPPL aims to solve a grand scientific challenge of the 21st century – harnessing on Earth the fusion energy that drives the sun and stars to produce a safe, clean and virtually unlimited source of power …

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PPPL scientists author technical reports, conference papers, book chapters, and peer-reviewed journal articles on research performed under U.S. Department of Energy contract.

Mar 12, 2024 · On March 11, PPPL opened its new Quantum Diamond Lab (QDL), a space devoted to studying and refining the processes involved in using plasma, the electrically charged fourth state of …

For the past three decades, PPPL has been a leader in magnetic confinement experiments utilizing the tokamak approach. This work culminated in the world-record performance of the Tokamak Fusion …

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