The device compresses air and ionizes it with microwaves, generating plasma that thrusts it forward, according to research published Tuesday in the journal AIP Advances. That means planes may someday fly using just electricity and the air around them as fuel.
There's a long way to go between a proof-of-concept prototype and installing an engine in a real plane. But the prototype was able to launch a one-kilogram (2.2-pound) steel ball 24 millimeters (almost one inch) into the air. That's the same thrust, proportional to scale, as a conventional jet engine.
"Our results demonstrated that such a jet engine based on microwave air plasma can be a potentially viable alternative to the conventional fossil fuel jet engine," lead researcher and Wuhan University engineer Jau Tang said in a press release. READ MORE
COMMENT: It would appear that China is ahead of the US in this area as well and if that is true will take the lead Globally when it comes to future international travel. Why is the US more concerned with Immigration and Black Lives Matter, and Defunding the Police than it is with FUTURE TECHNOLOGY and making sure that the US is the economic global leader???
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