Big Red Plasma Ball (IMAGE)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Big Red Plasma Ball

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Cary Forest, a professor of physics and lead researcher for the new Wisconsin Plasma Physics Laboratory (WiPPL), stands next to the Big Red Plasma Ball in Sterling Hall. The Big Red Plasma Ball is one of several WiPPL-managed pieces of scientific equipment being used to study the fundamental properties of plasma in order to better understand the universe.

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Jeff Miller

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