Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory News
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Winter and Spring 2016
In This Issue

A hunt for clues to the universe’s birth

PPPL’s new PTOLEMY Laboratory will help scientists hunt for elusive Big Bang neutrinos that could offer clues to the origins of the universe.

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575 girls find their inner scientist

PPPL’s Young Women’s Conference hosts 575 girls – a record number – and offers them a day of fun and inspiration with robots, cool chemistry experiments, career talks by female scientists, and even a steel drum concert.

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Celebrating the W7-X stellarator

PPPL scientists greet German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the celebration of the first hydrogen plasma at the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator in Greifswald, Germany.

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N.J. teams head to Washington for National Science Bowl

The West Windsor-Plainsboro South High School and William Annin Middle School teams are heading to Washington, D.C. for the National Science Bowl® after winning a dozen rounds of challenging questions at the New Jersey Regional Science Bowl at PPPL.

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Tracing the path to fusion energy

Ed Synakowski, the associate director of science for Fusion Energy Sciences at the U.S. Department of Energy, recounts the numerous “aha” moments along the path to developing fusion energy in a talk at PPPL’s Science on Saturday lecture series. 

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Program inspires middle school boys

Fifty middle school boys sample ice cream flash frozen with cryogenics, build motors, and see cool science demonstrations for an event for My Brother’s Keeper, President Obama’s initiative to inspire boys to be successful in school, college and careers. 

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Recognizing a “woman of excellence”

Science Education’s Shannon Greco is recognized by the YWCA Princeton as a “woman of excellence” for bringing her unique brand of passion and research to the task of instilling a love of science in young people. 

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10 fusion energy facts you should know

Fusion energy is safe, natural and unlimited. And those are just a few of 10 facts you should know about the energy of the future. 

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Art meets physics at Princeton Art Museum exhibit

PPPL graduate students get out of the laboratory and into the gallery in a collaboration on the connection between art and physics at the Princeton University Art Museum. 

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PPPL in the news

Stories on PPPL appeared all over media over the past few months, including a story about the National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade in the Princeton Alumni Weekly, and a story on the Young Women’s Conference on National Public Radio station WHYY and the Times of Trenton.

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