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View inside the vacuum vessel of the Wendelstein 7-X in Greifswald, Germany. (Photo credit: Jan Hosan / Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics)

Wendelstein 7-X Sets New Performance Records in Fusion Research

A new fusion record was set thanks to researchers in Germany and the United States. The international effort moves the world one step closer to a commercial fusion power plant, which will need to run…

A new passive water harvester, developed by MIT engineers, harvests water from air. The team showed the device can collect water even in dry environments such as Death Valley, pictured here. Credit: Image courtesy of the researchers

Window-Sized Device Taps the Air for Safe Drinking Water

Today, 2.2 billion people in the world lack access to safe drinking water. In the United States, more than 46 million people experience water insecurity, living with either no running water or water that is…

New technology combining high-speed MRI with machine learning methods for data processing found metabolic changes in oligodendroglioma brain tumors. Clinical MRI, in the left two columns, could not distinguish between tumors of grade II, top, and grade III, bottom. However, the new technique found elevated levels of choline and lactate in the grade III tumor. Image courtesy of Yibo Zhao

New MRI Approach Maps Brain Metabolism, Revealing Disease Signatures

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new technology that uses clinical MRI machines to image metabolic activity in the brain could give researchers and clinicians unique insight into brain function and disease, researchers at the University of…

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