Team Builds Portable Diagnostic for Fusion Experiments from Off-the-Shelf Items
Researchers are working on a portable diagnostic system that can be loaded in a cargo van and driven on a cross-country tour of experimental fusion reactor prototypes
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Cold Plasma Can Kill 99.9% of Airborne Viruses
Dangerous airborne viruses are rendered harmless on-the-fly when exposed to energetic, charged fragments of air molecules
New Finding Could Unmask Blood Doping in Athletes
RNA changes mark old blood cells among new ones, foiling self-transfusions
Living Bandages: Scientists Develop Biocompatible Anti-Burn Nanofibers
Biodegradable bandages made from these fibers will accelerate the growth of tissue cells twice as quickly
Plasma Treatments Are Driving up the Value of Plastic Labware
By altering the surface properties of polymer labware, manufacturers are improving the quality of test results while increasing value of products they create
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
Zapping Bacteria with Sanitizers Made of Paper
Rutgers-led team invents promising technology for killing microbes
Scientists at PPPL Further Understanding of a Process That Causes Heat Loss in Fusion Devices
Two of the physicists have focused their efforts on researching how SEE is affected by different wall materials and structures
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