Real-life plasma shields to protect soldiers are only the beginning. The technology -- which use a laser to create a curtain of miniature plasma explosions like firecrackers to turn away an enemy -- ...

How a rare solar superstorm crushed Earth’s plasma shield The starting point is the Sun itself. Earlier this year, a powerful eruption of magnetized plasma blasted out from an active region on the ...

The most powerful geomagnetic storm of the current solar cycle has just torn into the invisible bubble of charged particles that surrounds our planet, stripping away roughly three quarters of its ...

A microwave-generated plasma shield that could help aircraft evade radar or protect it from WMD attacks was granted a patent today. The "pseudo surface microwave produced plasma shielding system," ...

China's military assets could soon be protected by energy plasma shields as Chinese scientists have allegedly developed the newest defense technology, as reported by Interesting Engineering, citing ...

"Captain, magnetic seals in the anti-matter chamber are decaying!" "Shields up!" Now that we have that out of our systems, let's start by saying that unlike a Star Trek-style deflector, Boeing's ...

Scientists have identified a plasma plume that naturally protects the Earth against solar storms. Earth's magnetic field, or magnetosphere, stretches from the planet's core out into space, where it ...

If anyone takes their R&D seriously, it’s the US Army, who produces sweet combat tech on a consistent basis, from grenade bots to paralyzing searchlights. The Plasma Acoustic Shield System continues ...

The Earth's magnetic field, or magnetosphere, stretches from the planet's core out into space, where it meets the solar wind, a stream of charged particles emitted by the sun. For the most part, the ...