“It’s like a secret lab, in a way,” says rising junior Hugo Ramirez, “a secret hideout for mad geniuses.” Tucked away a few blocks down Albany Street, the Plasma Science and Fusion Center’s (PSFC) Nabisco Laboratory might be off the beaten campus path, but it is no secret. A former cookie warehouse, it has been home for decades to fusion energy and astrophysical experiments. Take a left turn down the main corridor to find the High-Energy-Density Physics (HEDP) laboratory, which this summer is supporting the offsite research of Ramirez and…
