He had been setting up metal workpieces on random chunks of brick in order to use his plasma cutter, but just like the home handyman who gets tired of nicking their deck with a saw, he decided to ...

These relics, seemingly forgotten and arguably on a one-way trip to the landfill, harbor a secret potential for rebirth and rejuvenation, as discussed in the 38 brilliant ideas for repurposing old ...

Adding in fancy new tools like CNC plasma cutting and computer-aided drafting doesn’t change that much, although new methods often do call for a little improvisation. Getting several ...

It proves that letting your creativity run wild can make something as ordinary as a gate stop you in your tracks. Computer numerical control (CNC) plasma cutting, i.e. a metal cutting technique ...

Plasma cutting machines cut materials and metals using a stream of high-velocity ionized gas, known as plasma, as a heat source. These devices require a supply of compressed air or gas with an ...

The bench is a 7-ft.-long by 2-ft.-deep mini-replica of the much-larger 782-ft.-long bridge. It is made from 2- by 2-in.

In fall 2009, when Ethan Peterson '13 arrived at MIT as an undergraduate, he already had some ideas about possible career ...

Heating a plasma for fusion research requires megawatts of power. One approach that research tokamaks use to achieve the necessary power input is neutral beam injection (NBI). With NBI ...

With the World Series kicking off at Dodger Stadium tonight, celebrity party planner Marley Majcher joins us in the studio for a breakdown of all the best watch party ideas as LA cheers on the Boys in ...

Plasma physics is the study of a state of matter comprising charged particles. Plasmas are usually created by heating a gas until the electrons become detached from their parent atom or molecule ...

Now, a team led by Sayak Bose, a researcher at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), has made a significant advancement in understanding the underlying ...