Plasma Physics
Plasma Physics: the study of charged particles and fluids interacting with self-consistent electric and magnetic fields. It is a basic research discipline that has many different areas of application — space and astrophysics, controlled fusion, accelerator physics and beam storage. Plasmas are usually created by heating a gas until the electrons become detached from their parent atom or molecule. This so-called ionization can also be achieved using high-power laser light or microwaves. Plasmas are found naturally in stars and in space.
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MAR 24, 2019
Space & Astronomy
MAR 24, 2019
Scientists are always looking for new and efficient ways of powering spacecraft, especially those that will travel far into deep space. The goal is to crea...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 21, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
FEB 21, 2019
As many believe, the Big Bang started our universe. But not everyone is aware that the early world is nothing like what we can see these days. There's...
Written By:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
JAN 29, 2019
Space & Astronomy
JAN 29, 2019
AT2018cow, also commonly referred to as the ‘the Cow,’ was an incredibly bright flash of light that astronomers discerned in their telescopes l...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 14, 2019
Space & Astronomy
JAN 14, 2019
Chemical burn rockets can produce a lot of thrust, but only for a short period; this makes them ideal for lofting space vehicles out of Earth’s atmos...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 24, 2018
Space & Astronomy
DEC 24, 2018
If you’ve been following the news lately, then you might’ve heard that Saturn is losing its rings more quickly than astronomers ever realized....
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 23, 2018
Space & Astronomy
DEC 23, 2018
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Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 19, 2018
Space & Astronomy
DEC 19, 2018
Discerning the coldest place in the universe is no easy task; after all, we don’t have an ultra-long thermometer that we can merely extend out to the...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 17, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
DEC 17, 2018
Electricity is essential to our everyday lives, but the way we generate electricity with the burning of fossil fuels isn’t particularly suitable for...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 17, 2018
Space & Astronomy
DEC 17, 2018
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Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 16, 2018
Technology
DEC 16, 2018
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Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 10, 2018
Space & Astronomy
DEC 10, 2018
When NASA built the Solar Parker Probe to embark on its mission to study the Sun, they knew it’d need to be built with bleeding-edge technology to ma...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 10, 2018
Space & Astronomy
DEC 10, 2018
A nostalgic NASA issued a public statement on Monday to announce that its 41-year-old Voyager 2 spacecraft officially left the heliosphere and entered the ...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 04, 2018
Space & Astronomy
DEC 04, 2018
When NASA’s Apollo 12 mission was preparing to launch on November 14th, 1969, ominous storm clouds began swarming the launch pad. Regardless, weather...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 04, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
NOV 04, 2018
The Sun, the center of our planetary system, is always nurturing and providing. But when it is having a "bad" day, we on Earth could be taking so...
Written By:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
OCT 24, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
OCT 24, 2018
For every second, the solar wind blasts the Earth with millions of billions of high energy particles, and thanks to the magnetosphere of our planet, the ma...
Written By:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
OCT 24, 2018
Neuroscience
OCT 24, 2018
Weight loss success linked with active self-control regions of the brain...
Written By:
Aswini Kanneganti
JUL 18, 2018
Earth & The Environment
JUL 18, 2018
Talk about a new form of clean energy! UK-based nuclear fusion company, Tokamak Energy, is in the process of developing a technology that could one day use...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 05, 2018
Space & Astronomy
JUN 05, 2018
A protective bubble comprised of solar wind plasma surrounds the entire solar system. Known as the heliosphere, this bubble exists because the solar wind&r...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 15, 2018
Space & Astronomy
MAY 15, 2018
NASA’s Galileo spacecraft got up close and personal with the Jovian moon Europa back in 1997, and researchers have just taken a fresh new look at the...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 01, 2018
Technology
MAY 01, 2018
The Radio Frequency Vessel Stopper functions without harming the vehicle or driver....
Written By:
Julia Travers
APR 19, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
APR 19, 2018
A group of Finnish researchers at the Aalto University has discovered a new kind of Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), often called the fifth state of matter...
Written By:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
APR 13, 2018
Technology
APR 13, 2018
"The ultimate goal of this work is to develop a routine, unobtrusive alcohol and drug monitoring device for patients in substance abuse treatment programs," Hall said....
Written By:
Julia Travers
APR 08, 2018
Space & Astronomy
APR 08, 2018
When you hear the phrase ‘solar tornado,’ do you think of a swirling column of strikingly-hot plasma on the Sun’s surface? Most people do...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 26, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
FEB 26, 2018
Unlike their stationary counterpart, a pulsating aurora is continuously blinking, and sometimes it lights up the night sky like a party scene. And thanks t...
Written By:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
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