A team of U.S. scientists has made a surprising discovery that could help bring fusion energy, a long-hoped-for clean energy source, closer to reality. In a recent experiment at the University of ...
PASADENA, Calif.–Applied physicists at the California Institute of Technology have devised a plasma experiment that shows how huge long, thin jets of material shoot out from exotic astrophysical ...
Alfvén accelerator: artist’s illustration of how Alfvén waves in Earth’s magnetic field can accelerate the electrons responsible for intense auroras. (Courtesy: Austin Montelius/University of Iowa) ...
Plasma, the electrically charged state of matter that lights up stars and neon signs, has just revealed a subtle effect that had never been directly seen before, yet appears to be woven through much ...