plasma
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Gerry Gogarth, director of blood and plasma supply at NHS Blood and Transplant said: "We urgently need anyone eligible to donate to book an appointment as soon as they can."
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The researchers measured more than 7,000 proteins across plasma samples collected over time.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Scientists had long thought that producing this plasma required collisions between very heavy nuclei, such as lead.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Those torches, set within a spinning head, soon quieten down as they produce a stream of super-heated plasma reaching 27,000C - significantly hotter than the surface of the Sun.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
They had both hemorrhaged badly, and blood plasma was in short supply our needs being low on the wartime priority list.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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
In science, and in plasmas, the most interesting physics happens at the boundaries.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2024
"That's a necessary requirement for anything you want to accomplish later on, such as burning plasmas or achieving ignition."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 5, 2024
Unlike metal plates, plasmas could be made easily with a bolt of electricity, according to Puthoff, and instead of having to pry the plates apart again, the plasma “ash” is discarded.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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