In a plasma electrons separate from atoms and create a soup of charged particles that can be extremely hot and bright. This is particularly useful for manufacturing certain types of high temperature materials - and for experimenting with new materials. But plasmas can be hard to control, and existing methods require specialist equipment. Now a new technique using carbon fibres has been shown to be able to create a stable plasma with a uniform temperature - and the researchers say their kit will be much easier to construct in physics labs around the world.
Read the paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06694-1
Read the paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06694-1
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