While advances in machine learning over the past decade have made significant impacts in applications such as image classification, natural language processing, and pattern recognition,…
Laser-cooled plasma-in-a-bottle could answer questions about the sun, fusion power. Rice University physicists have discovered a way to trap the world’s coldest plasma in a…
A tokamak is a machine that confines a plasma using magnetic fields in a donut shape that scientists call a torus. Fusion energy scientists believe that tokamaks…
A new type of rocket thruster that could take humankind to Mars and beyond has been proposed by a physicist at the U.S. Department of…
Using cold atmospheric plasma promises a breakthrough in stopping the spread of COVID-19. Researchers from UCLA believe using plasma could promise a significant breakthrough in…
A new method for verifying a widely held but unproven theoretical explanation of the formation of stars and planets has been proposed by researchers at…
Computer simulation of ELM crashes at the lower plasma edge of ASDEX Upgrade fusion device. The video shows the evolution of the plasma pressure over…
Researchers are fine-tuning the application of plasma to agriculture to speed up germination and help plants grow strong. Ever since scientists discovered that plasma treatment…
Scientists have found a novel way to prevent pesky magnetic bubbles in plasma from interfering with fusion reactions – delivering a potential way to improve…
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have furthered understanding of a barrier that can prevent doughnut-shaped fusion facilities…
As the Earth orbits the sun, it plows through a stream of fast-moving particles that can interfere with satellites and global positioning systems. Now, a…
Producing polymeric nitrogen at near-ambient conditions is a new trick for liquid plasma. Scientists have long theorized that the energy stored in the atomic bonds…
Unraveling the Nature of ‘Whistlers’ from Space in the Lab Scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles present new research on a curious cosmic…
A KAIST team identified the basic principle of electric wind in plasma. This finding will contribute to developing technology in various applications of plasma, including…
The gigantic orange magnets at MIT were originally built decades ago to confine hydrogen nuclei in the search for nuclear fusion. However, since 1998 plasma…