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Jan 11, 2023

One Step Closer to Deeper Explorations Into Space — Improved Performance of Plasma Thrusters

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A researcher at Tohoku University has made significant improvements to a high-power electrodeless plasma.

Plasma is one of the four fundamental states of matter, along with solid, liquid, and gas. It is an ionized gas consisting of positive ions and free electrons. It was first described by chemist Irving Langmuir in the 1920s.

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