A new jet engine design may mean that future flights will require no fuel, reducing costs and helping the environment. It ...

A bisected grape in the microwave makes plasma. But how does it work? A grape is the right size and refractive index to trap ...

Microwave plasma dynamics encompasses the study of ionised gases generated by high frequency electromagnetic fields and their complex interactions with the surrounding medium. At the heart of this ...

Some believe the future of fusion in the U.S. lies in compact, spherical fusion vessels. A smaller tokamak, it is thought, could offer a more economical fusion option. The trick is squeezing ...

Clean Energy Lab Photo: Professor Xiaonan Shan explains microwave plasma in his lab at the University of Houston. UH Group Photo: The University of Houston team: Xiaonan Shan, associate professor ...

In a first-of-its-kind experiment, scientists have recreated "cosmic fireballs" here on Earth in a particle accelerator.The ...

The experiment at CERN produced pairs of electron and positron beams, propagating into an ambient plasma. The international ...

Scientists have managed to recreateplasma “fireballs” in the lab. This experiment, the first of its kind, could finally ...

Using CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron, researchers generated plasma fireballs to simulate blazar jets. The beams stayed ...