by Nicholas Cunningham | Jun 3, 2013 | Monitor
Preston Maddock of The Huffington Post wrote about the letter that Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren and Mo Cowan sent to the Secretary of Energy in support of fusion energy research. With proposed budget cuts to the domestic fusion research program, MIT’s...
by Nicholas Cunningham | May 22, 2013 | Monitor
The Boston Globe reported on a letter sent by Massachusetts’ two Senators to the Secretary of Energy, opposing the planned “cold” shutdown of MIT’s fusion facility. Senators Warren and Cowan cosigned a letter to Secretary Ernest Moniz...
by Andrew Holland | May 20, 2013 | Monitor
On May 20, the Boston Globe wrote an article, “Fusion program at MIT is ending, Layoffs predicted; federal funds cut.” The article was about the slated closure of MIT’s fusion facility, the Alcator C-Mod. This is a demonstration of the tangible impacts of...
by Nicholas Cunningham | May 6, 2013 | Monitor
Adrian Cho of ScienceInsider published an article about how a group of Senators sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to clarify how much ITER will cost the U.S. government. The U.S. is obligated to pay for 9% of the total cost, with the rest...
by Theodore MacDonald | Apr 17, 2013 | Monitor
At the University of Missouri, engineer Randy Curry and his team have developed a device capable of controlling plasma that could revolutionize energy generation and storage. The plasma does not emit radiation, and it is safe for humans to be around. The biggest...
