plasma
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Multiple myeloma is a cancer of a type of white blood cells called plasma cells in the bone marrow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
During the earliest stage of solar system formation, the collapsing cloud of gas and dust may have generated a plasma containing charged particles.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026
Named after a 18th century precursor to electric cells, LeydenJar uses a technique known as plasma deposition to make a lighter, more efficient anode – an essential component of all batteries.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Cook often lives paycheck to paycheck and sells plasma or items on Facebook Marketplace to keep up with bills.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Artemis’s visage grew to fill the plasma screen.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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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
Knowing how steep a pedestal can be before instabilities occur could help researchers find ways to optimize plasmas for fusion reactions based on the proportions of the tokamak.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 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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