MIT professor Loureiro was working to produce limitless energy

MIT plasma physics professor Nuno Loureiro, advancing clean fusion energy by tackling plasma turbulence in reactors, was shot dead at his Boston home on Dec 15. Suspect Claudio Neves Valente, a former Portuguese schoolmate, died by suicide after a Brown University shooting. His work bridged fusion power and astrophysics, vital for limitless clean energy.