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The plasma cannon fires a bolt of plasma.

Science

I Would Think Nothing Of Being Shot In The Chest With This Plasma Cannon

Good News For Species Sick Of Existing: Scientists Have Taught An AI How To Manipulate Jillion-Degree Plasma

Scientists Move Another Step Closer To Harnessing The Unfathomable Power Of A Star

Could A Handful Of Swallowed Metal Ball Bearings And Exposure To The World’s Strongest Magnets Cause My Torso To Explode Into A Cloud Of Viscera? A Scientific Examination

A view of the interior of the National Ignition Facility target chamber.

Fusion Researchers Achieve Energy Breakthrough Capable Of Almost Powering One Easy-Bake Oven

Terrifying New Record Achieved In Humanity’s Quest To Manufacture A Literal Star

Fatima Ebrahimi of PPPL and an illustration of her proposed "plasmoid rocket" concept.

If Scientists Are To Use Tokamak Rockets To Send Man To Mars, They Must Agree To Use My Face As The Launch Pad

Mankind One Step Closer To Dominion Over Star Juice

A cool look at something called a preamplifier, which is part of the National Ignition Facility's effort at creating a self-sustaining fusion reaction.

President-Elect Joe Biden Must Direct The National Ignition Facility To Fire 192 Lasers At My Solar Plexus

A look at my fully operational JET-style tokamak, churning out big numbers of what could be power but might in fact be deadly radiation.

They Made An Interactive Virtual Tokamak And Buddy, It Rules

Rendering of SPARC, a compact, high-field, DT burning tokamak, currently under design by a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Commonwealth Fusion Systems. Its mission is to create and confine a plasma that produces net fusion energy.

Plasma