Search results for plasma

Optics & Photonics Mar 13, 2024

Researchers generate super-fast electrons with table-top laser systems

In massive particle accelerators, sub-atomic particles (like electrons) are sped up to super-high speeds comparable to the speed of light towards a target surface. The collision of accelerated sub-atomic particles gives rise ...

Plasma Physics Mar 12, 2024

Study shows inverting fusion plasmas improves performance

To become commercially viable, fusion power plants must create and sustain the plasma conditions necessary for fusion reactions. However, at high temperatures and densities, plasmas often develop gradients in those temperatures ...

Space Exploration Mar 12, 2024

During the 2024 solar eclipse, Texans will aid a national research effort to study the sun

On a sunny February day at Dallas' Frontiers of Flight Museum, a cluster of students lifted telescope equipment out of a bulky briefcase. A sticker on the case read: "stand back—we're going to science!"

Superconductivity Mar 11, 2024

Giving particle detectors a boost: New device acts like a superconductivity switch

In particle colliders that reveal the hidden secrets of the tiniest constituents of our universe, minute particles leave behind extremely faint electrical traces when they are generated in enormous collisions. Some detectors ...

General Physics Mar 11, 2024

Preventing magnet meltdowns before they can start

The particle accelerators that enable high-energy physics and serve many fields of science, such as materials, medical, and fusion research, are driven by superconducting magnets that are, to put it simply, quite finicky.

Biotechnology Mar 11, 2024

Cold plasma could be hot stuff for grain growers, say researchers

Using plasma—the stuff of outer space—University of Alberta researchers have found an effective way to decontaminate grain tainted by mold and also boost seed germination. Their study is published in the Journal of Food ...

Planetary Sciences Mar 9, 2024

Jupiter's moon Europa produces less oxygen than we thought—it may affect our chances of finding life there

Jupiter's icy moon Europa has long been thought of as one of the most habitable worlds in the Solar System. Now the Juno mission to Jupiter has directly sampled its atmosphere in detail for the first time. The results, published ...

Economics & Business Mar 7, 2024

Plasma donations: A financial lifesaver and an ethical dilemma

When you're financially strapped, selling plasma can be an appealing option to drum up some quick cash.

Space Exploration Mar 7, 2024

Eclipse chasers head to southern Illinois for 2nd total solar eclipse in 7 years

In 1999, Michelle Nichols saw her first total solar eclipse on a cruise in the Black Sea. It would be many years before she witnessed another one during a visit to southern Illinois in 2017.

Astronomy Mar 6, 2024

Astrophysicists unveil new phenomenon challenging textbook definition of white dwarf stars

Scientists have revealed why some white dwarfs mysteriously stop cooling—changing ideas on just how old stars really are and what happens to them when they die.

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