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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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MAY 14, 2017Videos
In school, you probably learned of the three states of matter: gas, liquid, and solid, but the states of matter don't ac ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 08, 2017Space & Astronomy
Fast radio bursts, also known as FRBs, are seemingly coming from everywhere in space these days, and astronomers are ver ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 28, 2016Space & Astronomy
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope found something really strange inside a star system 1,200 light years away. The host ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 15, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been observing the Sun with various kinds of equipment for ages to get a better understanding of how it ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 17, 2016Space & Astronomy
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NASA is all over the place in our Solar System with all kinds of spacecraft types. They’re trying to learn more ab ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 04, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Juno spacecraft is all set to attempt orbital insertion just above Jupiter’s atmosphere today (July 4 ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 21, 2016Space & Astronomy
It’s not very often that astronomers get the chance to observe a star exploding in space. In fact, it’s even ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 03, 2015Earth & The Environment
There has been a lot of work done by researchers in the past few decades on creating a working fusion reactor, but the b ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUN 08, 2015Space & Astronomy
Very often, when referring to some simple theory or basic explanation of something, we hear "Well, it's not rocket scien ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 02, 2015Earth & The Environment
Fusion power, the holy grail of energy generation. If researchers could get a fusion reactor going and keep it going, we ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 21, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Tiny structures made of lipid molecules and proteins have been believed to wander within the membrane of a cell, much li ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
When we think of going to Mars using a spacecraft with nuclear fusion engines, most of us think of science fiction, but ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 10, 2015Space & Astronomy
In 2018, NASA will be sending a probe to orbit and study the Sun. The Solar Probe Plus, a craft about the size of a Toyo ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 02, 2015Health & Medicine
Similar to the way glucometers and pregnancy tests have revolutionized in-home diagnostic testing, researchers from Flor ...Written By: Judy O'Rourke
MAY 14, 2017
Videos
In school, you probably learned of the three states of matter: gas, liquid, and solid, but the states of matter don't ac
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 08, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Fast radio bursts, also known as FRBs, are seemingly coming from everywhere in space these days, and astronomers are ver
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 28, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Many people who think of the Sun quickly imagine a ball of fire in space, but the Sun isn’t fire at all. It’
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 14, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope found something really strange inside a star system 1,200 light years away. The host
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 15, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been observing the Sun with various kinds of equipment for ages to get a better understanding of how it
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 17, 2016
Space & Astronomy
It’s on the to-do list of space agencies and major commercial space companies to try and put mankind on Mars somet
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 05, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA is all over the place in our Solar System with all kinds of spacecraft types. They’re trying to learn more ab
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 04, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Juno spacecraft is all set to attempt orbital insertion just above Jupiter’s atmosphere today (July 4
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 21, 2016
Space & Astronomy
It’s not very often that astronomers get the chance to observe a star exploding in space. In fact, it’s even
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 03, 2015
Earth & The Environment
There has been a lot of work done by researchers in the past few decades on creating a working fusion reactor, but the b
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
JUN 08, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Very often, when referring to some simple theory or basic explanation of something, we hear "Well, it's not rocket scien
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 02, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Fusion power, the holy grail of energy generation. If researchers could get a fusion reactor going and keep it going, we
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 21, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Tiny structures made of lipid molecules and proteins have been believed to wander within the membrane of a cell, much li
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 15, 2015
Space & Astronomy
When we think of going to Mars using a spacecraft with nuclear fusion engines, most of us think of science fiction, but
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 10, 2015
Space & Astronomy
In 2018, NASA will be sending a probe to orbit and study the Sun. The Solar Probe Plus, a craft about the size of a Toyo
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 02, 2015
Health & Medicine
Similar to the way glucometers and pregnancy tests have revolutionized in-home diagnostic testing, researchers from Flor
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke