News releases 2023

Every year, the European Physical Society (EPS) honours researchers for outstanding achievements in the field of plasma physics with the Hannes Alfvén Prize. Prof Dr Per Helander from the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) is one of the two laureates for 2024. more

Information about research with the fusion device ASDEX Upgrade more

The IPP's tokamak experiment in Garching has been undergoing conversion since summer 2022. The progress can be followed in a video more

The APEX Collaboration, centered around the APEX-PAX-EPOS working group in Garching, aims to research plasmas consisting of electrons and positrons.
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Software tools like ChatGPT made machine learning and AI popular worldwide this year. At the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP), researchers have been successfully developing such algorithms for science for some time.
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Bavaria's Minister President Dr. Markus Söder and Science Minister Markus Blume visited the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Garching on 28 September 2023. At a press conference, they presented the Bavarian Master Plan for Nuclear Fusion. more

Every year, the American Physical Society (APS) gives the John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research to scientists for outstanding achievements in plasma physics. more