Plasma, the electrically charged state of matter that lights up stars and neon signs, has just revealed a subtle effect that ...

Plasma has long been treated as an exotic laboratory curiosity, yet a new world-first result is forcing scientists to look at ...

In basic science, children are taught there are three states of matter – solid, liquid and gas. Plasma is now described as the fourth state of matter. It's formed when energy is applied to a gas, ...

Professor Satoshi Fujii (Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology) and Assistant Professor Jun Fukushima (Department of Applied Chemistry, ...

For about 20 years, Caltech Professor of Applied Physics Paul Bellan and his group have been creating magnetically accelerated jets of plasma, an electrically conducting gas composed of ions and ...

Plasma is the liquid component of your blood. Also known as blood plasma, it makes up about 55% of your blood and has a light yellow color. When you donate blood, the plasma can be separated out and ...

When money’s tight, some people sell their plasma. William Jacques, who visited CSL Plasma in Aurora recently, has donated plasma twice a week for about 12 years. He brings in around $460 a month, ...

Researchers at the University of Missouri have devised a method of creating and launching rings of plasma through open air. Depending on your point of view, this could have significant repercussions ...

Donating plasma can cause common but usually minor side effects like dehydration and fatigue. Serious side effects may occur, but these are rare. Donating does a lot of good. Blood plasma is needed ...