Plasma

Sophomores--3 September, 2015 I-Search I-Search Plasma A couple of weeks ago, a YouTube channel called "TheGameTheorists" uploaded a video about how the people in Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z harness their Ki and shoot lasers with it. Ever since I watched that video I 've been interested in learning more about plasma. The video is mainly about how these people use plasma to their advantage. He talks about how schools never teach us about plasma, how it 's the fourth state of matter, and how 99% of the universe is plasma. I want to learn how plasma is used on earth, why they don’t teach about plasma in school and the benefit of plasma in the universe. Plasma, the state of matter, is the most common form of…

astrophysical plasma plasma magnetohydrodynamics plasma transport processes Poisson equation 5230CvMagnetohydrodynamics (including electron magnetohydrodynamics) 5272+vLaboratory studies of space- and astrophysical-plasma processes 5225FiTransport properties I. INTRODUCTION There has been significant recent work on Vlasov-Maxwell (VM) equilibria that are consistent with nonlinear force-free1–8 and “nearly force-free”9 magnetic fields in Cartesian geometry. Therein, force-free refers to…

exactly how the energy is released and contained within the reactor. There are two main types of reactors being tested across the world today. One of the leading reactors types is called the Tomahawk, which is a doughnut like shape(Turchi). The Tomahawk was designed by Soviet physicists Andrei Sakharov and Igor Tamm in 1951 and uses large magnetic coils to compress and confine the plasma inside the reactor(Turchi). Many scientists consider the Tomahawk to be the most promising fusion reactor.…

The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) along with the aurora australis have always fascinated people, (Northeren Lights or Aurora Borealis Explained) “so much even that some people travel thousands of miles just to see them.” These lights occur when super charged electrons from the solar wind combine with the elements within the Earth’s atmosphere. The electrons will begin to move upward towards the earth’s atmosphere and on their way up they will encounter atoms of oxygen and nitrogen when they…

Long Island dermatologist Kavita Mariwalla is an expert at treating acne and all sorts of burns and rashes. “In early 2014 she was stumped by a case, a young girl came in with a potentially disfiguring case of bullous pemphigoid, a rare condition causing large watery blisters”. Kavita decided to use Artificial Intelligence in her case to gain data on the patient. The system, which has been growing largely around the nation, allows her access the collective knowledge gathered from about 3,700…

The plasma membrane also known as the cell membrane is found in every cell. The cell membrane is around 7-10nm, making it difficult to view even with a transmission scanning electron microscope (it only shows a double black line), this means that no one knows exactly what the membrane looks like. All membranes have the same basic structure made up from phospholipids (fats). The membrane is made up of a phospholipid bilayer; consisting of a polar phosphate head and two fatty acid tails. The head…

In 1935, the first plasma membrane structure model was introduced by Danielli and Davson. They proposed that the membrane is made of phospholipid bilayer that consists of hydrophobic head and the hydrophilic tail. Hydrophilic head, which is polar, facing towards the water molecules and said to be coated with protein. Hydrophilic tail, which is non-polar is not facing water molecules and sandwiched between the two bilayers. At regular intervals of the surface of the plasma membrane, there are…

Donating plasma in the state of California is an excellent way individuals can help others while making money. In California the process of donating plasma is simple, mostly painless, and takes only 60 to 90 minutes. Pay varies depending on the location the donation is given at, but donors can expect to earn $20 to $40. In order to donate plasma potential donors must go through a screening process to determine eligibility. In California, donors are required to be at least 17 years old or older.…

United States. With there being a constant demand for blood and less than ten percent of the population donating the blood supply can be sufficiently low considering what is needed. There are four types of donations possible, whole blood, platelets, plasma, and double red cells. Blood drives and donations are highly impacting and important to many people in various communities, while donors also receive some health benefits as well. The Process Donating blood is a clean and simple process that…

aid the wound. For instance, sulfanilamide, can be sprinkled on an open wound and dressed with a bandage to prevent infection of open wounds. This process can be completed by not only medics but also soldiers as well. Sulfa powder was not the only medical improvement that came along with World War II there was many others as well. Atabrine, like sulfa powder was easily used by soldiers. It comes in pill form and fights malaria (Steinart). This was a prime example of how medicine and war quickly…