plasma

It is a vast halo of superheated plasma extending millions of miles into space.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

At the boundaries of solar granules, neighboring layers of plasma also appear to travel at different speeds.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

The Sun is constantly spewing out matter and charged particles, sometimes unleashing full-blown solar storms that shoot out giant explosions of plasma and other matter.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

At ultrarelativistic energies, the nuclei pass through each other so quickly that they pull the newly created plasma into brief, intense acceleration pulses.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

But they all sounded like witches’ brews: the plasma of chickens, puree of calf fetuses, special salts, and blood from human umbilical cords.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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

"Dusty plasmas are like tiny particles in a vacuum box," said Bhavesh Ramkorun, lead author of the study.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 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

One is to use plasmas instead of plates.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife