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plasma

[plaz-muh] / ˈplæz mə /




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"I believe we'll achieve high degradation rates by combining the highly reactive species from the plasma with the effects of cavitation," says Reinecke.

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

"We generated plasma at the water surface while simultaneously introducing gas into the PFAS-contaminated water," says Sebastian Reinecke, explaining the experimental setup.

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

In minutes, sunlight would ionize the material, creating a plasma barrier that would flow to the day-side of the magnetosphere.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Her designs featured plasma, which are gas particles that have been charged, inserted into glass tubes, and attached to dresses to create sparkling and glowing looks.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

The centaur pointed to a live feed from the Eurosat, which was displayed on a large plasma screen.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

To avoid creating and managing radioactive waste, TAE wants to use a fuel that requires far hotter plasmas than other fusion companies aim for, posing a bigger physics challenge.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 28, 2026

This finding challenges decades of assumptions about how tokamak plasmas behave at high density.

From Science Daily Jan. 4, 2026

The National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory creates such plasmas by directing 192 powerful laser beams onto hydrogen-containing targets.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 28, 2025

Yet as researchers push the limits of plasma performance, they have encountered new challenges for keeping plasmas under control, including one that involves bursts of energy escaping from the edge of a super-hot plasma.

From Science Daily Jun. 5, 2024

Unlike metal plates, plasmas could be made easily with a bolt of electricity, according to Puthoff, and instead of having to pry the plates apart again, the plasma “ash” is discarded.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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