At high altitudes and in the vacuum of space, keeping electronics cool can be difficult when air is scarce. Scientists from the University of Virginia are investigating ways that plasma, a state of ...

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A team of scientists led by University of Virginia professor Patrick Hopkins is developing a plasma "freeze ray" that will be less interesting to super villains than to engineers looking for ways to ...

You know that freeze-ray gun that “Batman” villain Mr. Freeze uses to “ice” his enemies? A University of Virginia professor thinks he may have figured out how to make one in real life. The discovery – ...