Plasma antennas represent a transformative approach in the manipulation and propagation of electromagnetic waves. By utilising ionised gases instead of traditional metallic elements, these antennas ...

If you want to catch a firefly, any old glass jar will do. But when you're trying to bottle a star—the goal of fusion energy research—the bottle needs to be very special. A tokamak is one type of ...

In this paper, the authors designed to prove that monopole plasma antenna is better than that of traditional metal antenna in terms of bandwidth, directivity, gain, radiation efficiency, VSWR and ...

A radar that uses a plasma to direct the beam is being developed for guided missiles by UK technology company Qinetiq and the system's inventor, Oxford University-based Plasma Antenna. The antenna ...

Researchers at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory found a way to make plasma heating more efficient for fusion. By slightly angling a Faraday screen near the plasma antenna, they stopped unwanted ...

Heating plasma to the ultra-high temperatures needed for fusion reactions requires more than turning the dial on a thermostat. Scientists consider multiple methods, one of which involves injecting ...

There is a problem at the heart of how integrated circuits (ICs) are made, which unless carefully managed by the layout designer, can destroy the circuit as it’s being fabricated. ICs are made using ...