Advances in inertial confinement fusion and innovative modeling have brought nuclear fusion closer to reality, offering ...

People are familiar with three states of matter of solid, liquid and gas. There is also a fourth state of matter, called ...

Plasma physics is the fascinating science behind lightning bolts, fluorescent lights, solar flares, ultra-bright TV screens, fusion reactors, cosmic jets and black hole radiation, to name but a few ...

At the National Institute for Fusion Science, research on magnetically confined plasma is being conducted using the Large Helical Device (LHD). The major difference between plasma and other gases ...

PPPL is mastering the art of using plasma — the fourth state of matter — to solve some of the world's toughest science and ...

The U.S. Department of Energy has selected the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory to receive two prestigious ...

Researchers in China have used a novel approach to explain the presence of supra-thermal ions in nuclear fusion reactions.

How are emerging plasma biomarkers related to the diagnostic tests currently used in clinical routines? And does the earlier ...

A recent study has shown that low-dose Cold Atmospheric Plasma (CAP) treatment could effectively slow down tumor growth. The ...

The trade in human blood might seem gruesome. In fact, it is essential. Plasma, the main component of blood, is a crucial ingredient for a range of medicines, from haemophilia treatments to rabies ...

Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have accelerated electrons to high energies in less than a foot using ...