Simulation Demonstrates How Exposure to Plasma Makes Carbon Nanotubes Grow
New research has shown how plasma causes exceptionally strong, microscopic structures known as carbon nanotubes to grow
Articles by Raphael Rosen-Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory News Office
Physicists Make First-Ever Direct Observation of Collisional Plasmoid Instability during Magnetic Reconnection in a Laboratory Setting
PPPL physicists report that they created the phenomenon in a laboratory setting where they could measure it directly and confirm its existence on the electron scale
Physicists Build Diagnostic That Measures Plasma Velocity in Real Time
The results are among the first obtained from PPPL's National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade
Physicists Propose New Plasma-Based Method to Treat Radioactive Waste
Techniques could be economically attractive, ideally leading to a reevaluation of how nuclear waste is processed
Researchers Find 3-D Printed Parts to Provide Low-Cost, Custom Alternatives for Laboratory Equipment
The 3-D printing scene, a growing favorite of do-it-yourselfers, has spread to the study of plasma physics. With a series of experiments, researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory have found that 3-D printers can be an important tool in laboratory environments.