Defining Plasma Dose for Potential Future Cancer Treatments
WASHINGTON, June 28, 2022 – Chinese researchers may have found a new approach to treat cancer by using a plasma treatment to induce apoptosis, the death of […]
Modeling Earth’s Magnetosphere in the Laboratory
WASHINGTON, April 12, 2022 – A magnetosphere forms around any magnetized object, such as a planet, that is immersed within a stream of ionized gas, called plasma. […]
Cosmic Rays May Be Key to Understanding Galactic Dynamics
WASHINGTON, August 24, 2021 — Cosmic rays are charged subnuclear particles that move close to the speed of light, constantly raining down on the Earth. These particles […]
Next-Gen Laser Facilities Look to Usher in New Era of Relativistic Plasmas Research
WASHINGTON, May 26, 2020 — The subject of the 2018 Nobel Prize in physics, chirped pulse amplification is a technique that increases the strength of laser pulses […]
Laser-Produced Uranium Plasma Evolves into More Complex Species
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 23, 2019 — When energy is added to uranium under pressure, it creates a shock wave, and even a tiny sample will be vaporized […]
Exploding Electrical Wires Underwater to Understand Shock Waves
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 2, 2019 — If you’re not a plasma physicist, exploding electrical wires underwater may sound like a bad idea. But it’s actually a way […]
Intense Microwave Pulse Ionizes Its Own Channel Through Plasma
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 9, 2018 — Breakthrough new research shows that ionization-induced self-channeling of a microwave beam can be achieved at a significantly lower power of the […]
Separating the Sound from the Noise in Hot Plasma Fusion
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 11, 2018 — In the search for abundant clean energy, scientists around the globe look to fusion power, where isotopes of hydrogen combine to […]
Researchers Unravel the Path of Electrical Discharges on Scales that are Phenomenally Small and Fleetingly Brief, Shedding Light on Future Innovations
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 21, 2018 — Innovations in microscale electronics, medicine, combustion and scores of other technologies depend on understanding and predicting the behavior of electricity on […]