Probing the magnetic universe

Probing the magnetic universe 06/26/2017 12:10 PM EDT Nuno Loureiro has spent his first year and a half at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Plasma Science and Fusion Center exploring the magnetic processes crucial to understanding how to sustain fusion in a tokamak like the Center's Alcator C-Mod project. Now, he is also looking beyond the fusion vacuum chamber to the edges of the universe, seeking an answer to how the universe magnetizes itself. Full story at http://news.mit.edu/2017/mit-plasma-science-and-fusion-center-associate-professor-nuno-loureiro-probing-origins-of-the-magnetic-universe-0623 Source Massachusetts Institute of Technology This is an NSF News From the Field item.   Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 4201 Wilson Boulevard · Arlington, VA 22230 · 703-292-5111