Jumping forward over a hundred years, the science of plasma has moved forward to a stage where plasma is being used to create new, efficient car engines. It is possible that this new engine technology ...

This new jet engine uses plasma. Plasma is the fourth state of matter, after solid liquid, and gas. It already exists on the surface of the sun and in lightning, but humans can also create it.

When [Jay Bowles] demoed his first-generation ion thruster on Plasma Channel ... more like a miniature jet engine than anything that had come before it. Optimizations would need to be made ...

“Our work aims to solve global warming problems by replacing fossil fuel combustion engines,” Tang explained. “With our ...

Franklin Chang Díaz, a renowned Costa Rican astronaut and physicist, continues to push the boundaries of science and <a target=_blank href=https: ...

Plasma Fueled Engines (PFE) offer a means of MHD acceleration for hypersonic vehicles flying at high altitudes using electron beam ionization to achieve adequate conductivity for significant MHD ...

The system uses electricity to generate and maintain the plasma, which is drawn from the engine. Combine this reduction in fuel economy with the cost of the system, and it should be clear this ...

MOSCOW, July 1. /TASS/. Russian and Belarusian scientists are discussing the prospects of jointly developing a plasma propulsion engine for spacecraft, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said at ...

TASS/. Negotiations and detailed consideration are currently underway with international partners for overseas supplies of plasma engines made in Russia, Yury Borisov, CEO of Russian state ...