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Artificial intelligence hologram
Nov 25, 2025

Trump launches DOE’s Genesis Mission to advance AI science

President Donald Trump launched the initiative via executive order. The national effort will use artificial intelligence, AI, supercomputers and national labs to further energy and security innovation.

Fusion technology company Thea Energy Inc. opened a new headquarters in Kearny.
Oct 6, 2025

Thea Energy advances fusion power with prominent backing (updated)

The Kearny-based company partners with Amazon Web Services to commercialize stellarator technology, aiming to bring clean, commercial power to market.

Facility for Laboratory Reconnection Experiments (FLARE)
Jun 16, 2025

PPPL launches FLARE for next-gen plasma research

The groundbreaking new facility at Princeton Plasma Physics Lab focuses on magnetic reconnection and solar flare behavior.

Fusion technology company Thea Energy Inc. opened a new headquarters in Kearny.
Jan 22, 2025

Fusion technology company opens new HQ in Kearny (photos)

The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Princeton University spin-out will focus on leveraging breakthroughs toward the commercialization of carbon-free and abundant fusion energy from its new, 15,000-square-foot space.

The more than $100 million Princeton Plasma Innovation Center project, being constructed on the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory headquarters on Princeton University’s Forrestal Campus in Plainsboro, will serve as an international hub of fusion research.
May 20, 2024

Princeton Plasma Physics Lab uses AI machine learning to advance fusion research

NJBIZ recently reported on a groundbreaking for a more than $100 million effort at PPPL headquarters on Princeton University’s Forrestal Campus in Plainsboro.

Officials take part in a May 9, 2024, groundbreaking ceremony for the Princeton Plasma Innovation Center project, being constructed on the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory headquarters on Princeton University’s Forrestal Campus in Plainsboro.
May 10, 2024

PPPL breaks ground on $100M innovative fusion research hub

Located at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory headquarters on Princeton University’s Forrestal Campus in Plainsboro, the state-of-the-art project aims to make advances in the study of the virtually limitless clean energy source.

Funding a startup
Feb 9, 2024

Princeton’s Thea Energy secures $20M Series A round

The company focuses on leveraging breakthroughs in stellarator physics and engineering to create a faster, simpler approach to commercializing fusion energy.

Mar 21, 2022

Fusion energy: A different kind of nuclear power

A lab in Great Britain recently reported a breakthrough advance in its development, a source powers the sun and could help make fossil fuels obsolete. And a group of physicists at Princeton contributed.