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• n  the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended
• n  a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone
• n  (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons
  particles in space exist in the form of a plasma

• Plasma technology dominates in supersize TVs at 40 in.
• In future plasma thermocouples, this can be solved by bleeding off the gas.
• Plasma is a has-beenor should be.

• plasm
• blood plasma

News & Articles

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• Plasma in a bag: Plastic bags coated by plasma serve as lab for cultivating adherent cells
  Plastic bags coated by plasma at atmospheric pressure serve as a GMP laboratory for the cultivation of adherent cells. The plasma is used to modify the internal surface of the bag specifically, so that different cell types can grow on it.
  June 17, 2013 - Science Daily
• Plasma in a bag
  ( Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft ) Plastic bags coated by plasma at atmospheric pressure serve as a GMP laboratory for the cultivation of adherent cells. The plasma is used to modify the internal surface of the bag specifically, so that different cell types can grow on it.
  June 17, 2013 - EurekAlert!
• Which Panasonic plasma TV should you buy?
  So far this year Panasonic's plasma TVs have scored very well in CNET's reviews, so maybe you've decided to buy one. But of the four we've reviewed, how do you know which one's right for you? Originally posted at TV and Home Theater
  June 13, 2013 - CNET

Quotes

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• Steve Lindsey in USA Today
  It was beautiful,Lindsey told controllers of the descent. "We could see the bright orange glow above and I could see the Earth moving below and it was just spectacular. We actually also saw the moon through the plasma (scorching gases), so...
• Michael Cronin in Melodika.net (press release)
  Dr. Michael Cronin says, "During a Platelet therapy procedure the patient's blood is drawn and put into a centrifuge which separates the plasma containing the essential platelets from the unneeded red blood cells. The PRP solution is carefully...
• Fulvio Melia in University of Arizona News (press release)
  The Milky Way black hole "is one of the most energetic particle accelerators in the galaxy, but it does this by proxy, by cajoling the magnetized plasma haplessly trapped within its clutches into slinging protons to unearthly speeds," Melia said.