plasma

Named after a 18th century precursor to electric cells, LeydenJar uses a technique known as plasma deposition to make a lighter, more efficient anode – an essential component of all batteries.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Cook often lives paycheck to paycheck and sells plasma or items on Facebook Marketplace to keep up with bills.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

"In one of the experiments we present, a machine learning model predicts the tearing mode about 200 milliseconds in advance, so the plasma can be changed to avoid it in the first place."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

AI models then select the measurements they need and use them to estimate what the plasma is currently doing or what it is likely to do next.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

“I bought some of the highest quality fertilizing plasma available in California,” Barbour informed him.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

To avoid creating and managing radioactive waste, TAE wants to use a fuel that requires far hotter plasmas than other fusion companies aim for, posing a bigger physics challenge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026

In a new study published in Physical Review E, physicists at Auburn University found that even very weak magnetic fields can significantly change how dusty plasmas behave.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2026

This finding challenges decades of assumptions about how tokamak plasmas behave at high density.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 4, 2026

The National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory creates such plasmas by directing 192 powerful laser beams onto hydrogen-containing targets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025

Even though natural plasmas are rare on Earth—other than lightning or the northern lights—man-made plasmas are everywhere.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas