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Breakthrough Unlocks Secret Of Plasmas Sunday, November 23, 2008 - Iddo Genuth Home >> Headlines >> Physics   
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University of British Columbia researchers have developed a technique that brings scientists a big step closer to unlocking the secrets of the most abundant form of matter in the universe. A plasma – or ionized gas – can be as commonplace as in fluorescent light bulbs, or exotic in the extreme, as a thermonuclear explosion. The Earth's upper atmosphere is a plasma, as are lightning bolts and virtually all stars that light up the night sky. (source: sciencedaily.com)
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