Ubiquitous in the field of electric propulsion, thermionic hollow cathodes are electron sources which utilize thermionic emission from a low work function insert material to achieve large extracted ...

MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennessee has been on the leading edge of welcoming manufacturing and infrastructure of electric vehicles and alternative fuels technology for more than a decade. Now, ...

Vacuum arc plasma and ion source technologies underpin a range of advanced applications, from surface coating and materials synthesis to particle acceleration and fusion research. In these systems, a ...

Electric (plasma) propulsion devices have been used for applications such as station-keeping and orbit transfer, in place of chemical rockets, because they provide a higher specific impulse. Detailed ...

Over 14,000 pieces of junk are clogging up low Earth orbit, but this number could be reduced by a new invention that involves ...

6K Energy broke ground on Tuesday afternoon with Gov. Bill Lee in attendance, after announcing its decision on April 18 to build the "first-of-its-kind" sustainable battery material manufacturing ...

The world's first plasma cathode factory to produce sustainable battery material, 6K Energy, announced Tuesday a $230 million investment to build a revolutionary manufacturing plant in Jackson. At a ...

U.S.-headquartered plasma technology company 6K claims to have made a battery material advancement with its new NMC-811 cathode, which is just 1-3 microns wide. More precisely, the company says it can ...

Scientists at the US’ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have unveiled a new phenomenon, “backflow saturation,” that significantly impacts the flow of electrons in plasma. The new findings ...