Plasma physics is the study of a state of matter comprising charged particles. Plasmas are usually created by heating a gas until the electrons become detached from their parent atom or molecule ...

The WEST tokamak just broke the record for retaining hot fusion plasma, holding on to it for an unprecedented 22 minutes. WEST and other tokamaks are paving the way for ITER which, upon completion ...

WEST sustained hydrogen plasma for over 20 minutes using 2 MW heating, marking a key milestone as experiments move to higher power.

Voronov said that with plasma engines, the travel time required for such a space mission can be reduced to as little as one to two months, “meaning it will be possible to send an astronaut to Mars and ...

Unlike blood donation, which can often be done every eight weeks, you can donate plasma more often, up to twice a week. However, different organization may have their own guidelines on how often you ...

Moscow: In what could come as a giant leap in spacecraft technology, Russia is working on a new plasma-based rocket engine system which might cut travel time to Mars from existing 7 months to just one ...

Scientists at Russia’s state-owned Rosatom corporation have developed a prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine that could reach Mars in just 30 to 60 days, Russian media reported.

The promise of laser-plasma acceleration Enter laser-plasma accelerators (LPAs). LPAs use high-intensity lasers to strike a target, generating charged particle beams that reach comparable speeds ...

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), often referred to as China’s 'artificial sun,' successfully sustained plasma for a record 1,000 seconds, or over 17 minutes. This ...

In those first evanescent moments of extreme temperature, however, quarks and gluons were bound only weakly, free to move on their own in what’s called a quark-gluon plasma. To recreate conditions ...