Renowned plasma scientist urges researchers and institutions to focus on scalable applications of plasma-based ...

China’s EAST reactor just broke a fundamental fusion limit—bringing the dream of ignition a big step closer. shutterstock. Scientists working with China’s fully superconduct ...

Chinese scientists have unveiled a superconducting linear plasma device designed to test materials for nuclear fusion reactors. The Superconducting Plasma Wall Interaction Linear Device (SWORD) boasts ...

Scientists at China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) program rang in the new year with a stunning ...

Japanese researchers have used a single-mode microwave generator to produce their metal plasmas. This creates more controlled and highly focused microwaves. Hot gases composed of metal ions and ...

Space Forge has positioned itself as a specialist in off‑planet manufacturing, building satellites designed not just to ...

The dream of a real lightsaber has always sounded like a physics joke, not an engineering brief. Yet a retractable plasma ...

Hypervelocity impacts involve collisions at speeds of several kilometres per second, where the immense kinetic energy is sufficient to vaporise target materials and generate transient plasmas. These ...

Terahertz (THz) radiation, situated between the microwave and infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, has emerged as a pivotal tool in plasma physics research. The generation of intense, ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) A standard microwave oven sits on a laboratory bench. Inside, a small sample of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) erupts into brilliant yellow-white plasma, reaching temperatures over 800 ...