7 Questions

  • Vanderbilt University

    RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT: Nuclear fusion and the future of clean energy

    History was made in December when scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility successfully produced a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain. And a Washington-based start-up backed by hundreds of millions of dollars of venture capital announced a few months later that it expects to have… Read More

    May. 25, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    Research Spotlight: The rise of ChatGPT and the age of artificial intelligence

    History was made in December when scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility successfully produced a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain. And a Washington-based start-up backed by hundreds of millions of dollars of venture capital announced a few months later that it expects to have… Read More

    Feb. 21, 2023

  • Erika Wagner

    7 Questions with Erika Wagner, BE’00, Senior Director of Emerging Space Markets for Blue Origin

    History was made in December when scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility successfully produced a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain. And a Washington-based start-up backed by hundreds of millions of dollars of venture capital announced a few months later that it expects to have… Read More

    Feb. 16, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    7 Questions with Corey Thomas: President, CEO, Director of Rapid7

    History was made in December when scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility successfully produced a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain. And a Washington-based start-up backed by hundreds of millions of dollars of venture capital announced a few months later that it expects to have… Read More

    Feb. 14, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    7 Questions with Philippe Fauchet

    History was made in December when scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility successfully produced a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain. And a Washington-based start-up backed by hundreds of millions of dollars of venture capital announced a few months later that it expects to have… Read More

    Dec. 1, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    7 Questions with Bob Higgins, President and CEO of Barge Design Solutions

    History was made in December when scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility successfully produced a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain. And a Washington-based start-up backed by hundreds of millions of dollars of venture capital announced a few months later that it expects to have… Read More

    Aug. 22, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    7 Questions

    History was made in December when scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility successfully produced a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain. And a Washington-based start-up backed by hundreds of millions of dollars of venture capital announced a few months later that it expects to have… Read More

    Jun. 15, 2021