plasma
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Under these extreme conditions, small amounts of elements such as carbon, calcium, and sodium interact with the surrounding helium plasma.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
Unlike water, blood is a complex mixture containing plasma, red blood cells, platelets, and other components.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
"In low earth orbit, there is sufficient air to form a plasma," says Franzon.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
By carefully controlling the laser's power and beam diameter, the researchers can ionize a narrow region of air, stripping electrons from atoms and molecules to produce plasma.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
“Don’t worry. At Garland there’s nowhere to plug in a plasma TV.”
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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
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
Knowing how steep a pedestal can be before instabilities occur could help researchers find ways to optimize plasmas for fusion reactions based on the proportions of the tokamak.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024
"Scientific ideas move like space plasmas," says David Malaspina, a space plasma physicist at University of Colorado, Boulder.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2024
One is to use plasmas instead of plates.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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