Researchers at the University of Virginia are using advanced simulations to study electron behavior in electric propulsion ...

A xenon flash consists of a small glass tube filled with xenon gas. When a very high voltage current of electricity is applied, the tube emits a very bright - but very brief - flash of white light.

In the warmer months when the sun rises early and sets late, we hardly give a thought to our headlight bulbs. The headlight just comes on when we start our bike and goes off when we power down.

Mountaineers summit the world's highest mountains through the process of slowly acclimating to thin air - now technology intervenes.

Go faster, farther, more efficiently. That's the goal driving spacecraft propulsion engineers like Chen Cui, a new assistant ...

A research team at the University of Virginia is revolutionizing the future of space travel with groundbreaking studies on ...

Hidden patterns in electric propulsion plasma beams could help ensure the success of long-term space missions.

Electric propulsion works by ionizing a neutral gas, usually xenon, and then using electric ... “The electrons are a lot like marbles packed into a tube,” Cui said. “Inside the beam, the ...

THE discovery of krypton and neon was announced to the Royal Society in the early summer of 1898; and subsequently atmospheric air was found to contain a heavier gas to which the name of xenon was ...