Ninety-nine per cent of visible matter in the Universe is plasma. This fourth fundamental state of matter is important not just because it is so commonly found, but also because plasma ...

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.

A nuclear fusion reactor in China, dubbed the "artificial sun," has broken its own record to bring humanity one step closer ...

This basic model is, however, just that: there are many, many more states of matter out there that it doesn’t capture. The next most familiar is plasma, which is much like a gas except here many ...

This achievement takes the reactor into its operational phase, bringing us closer to clean and limitless energy using nuclear ...

Chinese team develops a superconducting linear plasma device to test materials for nuclear fusion reactors, advancing clean ...

Tokamak Energy receives a new 1 MW gyrotron to superheat plasma in its ST40 fusion device, advancing the development of ...

China's artificial sun reactor sets a record by sustaining plasma for 1,066 seconds, marking progress toward limitless clean ...

thin piece of copper momentarily becomes dense plasma, specifically a state called warm dense matter. Warm is a relative term here – the metal reaches a temperature of nearly 200,000 degrees ...

Tokamak, the artificial sun that defies the rules of the cosmos, is a sphere at 100 million degrees. It embodies our quest ...

Who could imagine a world without plasma TV screens? Or a blood test without measurements of key electrolytes, sodium, and ...