All Articles Tagged As: plasma

Professor designs plasma-propelled flying saucer (6/12/2008)

Flying saucers may soon be more fact than mere science fiction ...> Full Article

Physicist confines plasma components in a trap within a trap (5/7/2008)

Professor has taken a step toward simulating a type of matter found in the crusts of neutron stars, in the cores of gas giant planets, and in exotic plasmas thought to be present in the earliest universe. ...> Full Article

Laser triggers electrical activity in thunderstorm for the first time (4/17/2008)

Device on mountaintop takes first step toward manmade lightning ...> Full Article

Physicists See Similarities In Stream Of Sand Grains, Exotic Plasma At Birth Of Universe (11/9/2007)

Streams of granular particles bouncing off a target in a simple tabletop experiment produce liquid-like behavior also witnessed in a massive research apparatus that simulates the birth of the universe. ...> Full Article

Physicists achieve landmark accelerator gradient (9/14/2007)

Scientists work on particle accelerators in much the same way that horsepower junkies work on muscle cars. Although their research doesn't involve turbochargers, stall torque converters or cat back exhaust systems, they obsesses over the power of their machine. ...> Full Article