NASA’s two Voyager spacecrafts, originally intended to just pass the planets Jupiter and Saturn, are being recognized after 45 years of space exploration. The Plasma Wave Science instrument, created ...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) two highly competitive Microelectronics Science Research Center projects. PPPL researchers will lead two ...
A team from the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Princeton University is the winner of the prestigious 2025 John ...
The massive, donut-shaped machine, which is also the largest and most powerful tokamak experiment, made headlines when it achieved 69 megajoules (MJ) of energy during a six-second pulse during its ...
The SMART tokamak - an experimental fusion device designed, built and operated by the Plasma Science and Fusion Technology Laboratory of the University of Seville, Spain - has generated its first ...
First tokamak plasma at the SMall Aspect Ratio Tokamak – SMART – recorded with a fast-framing camera in the visible spectral range. In a pioneering approach to achieve fusion energy, the SMART device ...
Plasma-based disinfectant and sanitizer proves 99% effective at killing bacteria and now is being tested on deactivating virus. The COVID-19 pandemic has cast a harsh light on the urgent need for ...
Scientists want to use it to learn more about the sun and nuclear fusion. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Capturing lightning in ...
A team of scientists led by University of Virginia professor Patrick Hopkins is developing a plasma "freeze ray" that will be less interesting to super villains than to engineers looking for ways to ...
Learn how to transform an ordinary light bulb into a homemade plasma ball using simple materials. This exciting DIY ...
Alfvén accelerator: artist’s illustration of how Alfvén waves in Earth’s magnetic field can accelerate the electrons responsible for intense auroras. (Courtesy: Austin Montelius/University of Iowa) ...
Scientists uncover new properties of plasma that have wide potential applications for astrophysical and fusion plasmas. Scientists have discovered a novel way to classify magnetized plasmas that could ...