Simulation of a beam-driven plasma wakefield accelerator. The electron drive beam (dark feature on the right) produces a nonlinear plasma wake behind it as it propagates left-to-right (plasma ...

The Mag-beam combines the key features of high-power beam plasma sources along with an earlier concept that Winglee was developing called Mini-Magnetospheric Plasma propulsion, or M2P2, where ...

Chinese radar detects an ionospheric "plasma bubbles" over Egypt from Hainan, revealing key advances in global monitoring of space weather.

When laser beams meet plasma: New data addresses gap in fusion research Date: December 2, 2019 Source: University of Rochester Summary: Scientists have directly demonstrated for the first time how ...

Recent observations of Jupiter's powerful magnetic field by NASA's Juno spacecraft have uncovered a never-before-documented ...

Laura is an editor and staff writer at IFLScience. She obtained her Master's in Experimental Neuroscience from Imperial ...

Scientists have developed a blueprint for producing ultrabright and ultrashort pulses of electron beams for the next generation of particle accelerators, plasma wakefield accelerators (PWFA). This ...

BEAM TOWN Their idea: fit a satellite with a type of propulsion system known as a helicon plasma thruster, then shoot space junk with the beam of plasma it produces. The force of the carefully ...

Even if it’s pouring rain, you’ll be able to generate a strong plasma beam. Another benefit of the Saberlight Rechargeable Plasma Lighter lies in the lack of butane, which is very toxic to humans.