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To avoid creating and managing radioactive waste, TAE wants to use a fuel that requires far hotter plasmas than other fusion companies aim for, posing a bigger physics challenge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

In a new study published in Physical Review E, physicists at Auburn University found that even very weak magnetic fields can significantly change how dusty plasmas behave.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026

Beyond practical applications, the research also sheds light on natural plasmas found throughout space, including planetary rings and the Sun's atmosphere, where dust and magnetic fields constantly interact.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026

The National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory creates such plasmas by directing 192 powerful laser beams onto hydrogen-containing targets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

Even though natural plasmas are rare on Earth—other than lightning or the northern lights—man-made plasmas are everywhere.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas