And with an invisible blade. And cold to the touch. But other than that, this homebrew cold plasma torch (YouTube, embedded below) is just like the Jedi’s choice in elegant weaponry. Perhaps we ...

and even a bit strange," involved a cold prominence rich in neutral hydrogen that was released and scattered throughout the corona. Over about three hours, the black cloud of plasma moved along ...

The machine—which has insides made of tungsten and was boosted with a surge of 2 megawatts of power—was able to hold on to the hydrogen plasma at about 50 million °C (122 million °F ...

"This discovery deepens our understanding of quantum fluids and could inspire more efficient hydrogen storage and transport for clean energy," says Professor Takamasa Momose, an expert on cold ...

Last week, however, a team in France got a step closer when they kept a plasma reaction going for longer than ever before. Nuclear fusion uses extremely high pressures and temperatures to force ...

"WEST has achieved a new key technological milestone by maintaining hydrogen plasma for more than twenty minutes through the injection of 2 MW of heating power," said Anne-Isabelle Etienvre ...