Institutions
89 universities, national laboratories, research institutes, government programmes and consortia — 67 of which operate 101 of the devices in this dataset.
Kept apart from the company directory because they are a different kind of entity. Most operate machines they did not commercially develop, and several run the devices that hold the records — the highest triple product, the longest plasma, the highest laboratory temperature.
National laboratories 12
State-funded, operating facilities no single university could support.
Research institutes 34
Public and non-profit research bodies, frequently operating devices they did not develop.
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Universities 29
Degree-granting institutions. Most of the smaller machines in this dataset are university devices.
Government programmes 6
State programmes rather than companies — funders, operators and coordinators of national effort.
Consortia 8
Multi-party bodies pooling funding or facilities across organisations and states.