plasma

During his PhD research, Kumar had studied how reactive chemical species produced by plasma could break down micropollutants.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026

Linda Losurdo, a PhD candidate in materials and plasma physics in the School of Physics, combined nitrogen, carbon dioxide and acetylene to simulate the energetic conditions found near stars and supernova remnants.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

In minutes, sunlight would ionize the material, creating a plasma barrier that would flow to the day-side of the magnetosphere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Her designs featured plasma, which are gas particles that have been charged, inserted into glass tubes, and attached to dresses to create sparkling and glowing looks.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Will managed to glance upward and saw the clouds stirring and swirling, and that gleam—something immense—growing more powerful, as if the clouds themselves were becoming luminous with energy, like plasma.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

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

"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

In donut-shaped devices known as tokamaks -- sometimes referred to as "stars in jars" -- magnetic fields struggle to contain plasmas that reach above 100 million degrees Celsius, hotter than the center of the Sun.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2024

One is to use plasmas instead of plates.

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