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 ...
Using measurements of the four ESA’s Cluster satellites, a study published this week in Nature Physics shows pioneering experimental evidence of magnetic reconnection also in turbulent ‘plasma’ around ...
Our universe started with a bang that blasted everything into existence. But what happened next is a mystery. Scientists think that before atoms formed—or even the protons and neutrons they’re made of ...