The Earth’s magnetic field has a beat, scientists discover.
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In the EU, 31% of plastic products go to landfill: but a process called “cold plasma pyrolysis” could turn them into clean fuels.
Nobel laureate Peter Doherty explains immunity.
Plasma physics suggests Star Wars blaster guns would be extremely deadly.
Blood transports nutrients, hormones, proteins, vitamins and minerals around our body.
Everything you never knew about the red stuff in your veins.
The Earth’s magnetic field acts like a giant instrument playing magnetic music.
Listen to some weird space sounds and help identify crunches, whistles and other odd effects. It could help save our satellites.
The vast majority of matter in the universe is plasma: electrically charged gas. Scientists are untangling how dust interacts with plasma both in space and experimentally closer to home.
After half a century of trying, scientists have finally caught a glimpse of the magnetic process that fuels space weather and the northern lights.
Warning: you’ll never watch a lightsaber duel in the same way again after you read this …
Astronomers think they may have found evidence within our galaxy of some of the missing matter thought to make up our universe.
It’s not easy – but we are moving in the right direction.
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Space Plasma Physicist, Imperial College London
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Professor at the School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast
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Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Assistant Research Professor, Baylor University
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Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, Newcastle University
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Professor of Physics and Vice Provost of Research, Baylor University
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Reader in Physical Sciences, Aberystwyth University
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Astronomer, CSIRO
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Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, Department of Physics, Aberystwyth University
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Senior Lecturer, Sydney Pharmacy School, University of Sydney
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Laureate Professor Emeritus, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Associate Teaching Professor, Georgetown University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Lecturer in Math and Physics, CQUniversity Australia
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Assistant Director of Educational Outreach and Research, Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics, and Engineering Research , Baylor University