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Super-X' design shows major advantages in handling hot exhaust of fusion energy

A research team designed a way to work more effectively with plasma based on a concept from the UT Austin Institute for Fusion Studies.

A supercomputer rendition of turbulence in plasma evokes motion in three swirling configurations

The Texas Scientist

Futuristic Fuels

Some of the most revolutionary ideas for powering our society sound a bit like science fiction, requiring only cheap, abundant resources.

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Research

University of Texas-led Team Solves a Big Problem for Fusion Energy

Their method to speed up the design of “magnetic bottles” offers an answer to a complex 70-year-old challenge.

UT News

The Sun’s Corona: A Boiling Pot On An Ice Cube

Jarrod Bianco and Maile Marriott, two graduate students working with physicist Anna Tenerani, talk heliophysics.

Department of Physics

Physicist Receives Major Award for Plasma Research

Philip Morrison won the 2023 John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research from the American Physical Society.

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Accolades

Seven Natural Sciences Faculty Receive NSF CAREER Awards

Learn about faculty members from UT Austin's College of Natural Sciences who have been awarded CAREER Awards from the National Science Foundation.

Department of Physics

Phil Morrison Wins Humboldt Research Award

Philip Morrison, a professor at UT Austin's Institute for Fusion Studies, won the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Humboldt Research Award.

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