Physicists New Pulsed RF Control Method for Improving the Performance of Fusion Reactions
Scientists have found a novel way to prevent pesky magnetic bubbles in plasma from interfering with fusion reactions – delivering a potential way to improve…
Plasma Physics
While Birds Chirp, Plasma Shouldn’t: New Plasma Physics Insight Advances the Development of Fusion Energy
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…
New Understanding of Collision-Less Plasma Shock Waves, Earth’s Interaction With the Solar Wind
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…
Researchers Create and Stabilize Pure Polymeric Nitrogen Using Plasma for the First Time
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…
New Insights into the Nature of “Whistlers” and Space Plasmas
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…
Physicists Identify the Basic Principle of Electric Wind in Plasma
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…
Laboratory-Based Astrophysics Leads to Dedicated Discipline
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…