With rising rent, utilities and the cost of groceries, a growing number of people are selling their blood plasma to make extra money. It's a multi-billion dollar industry.

Experts credit the compensation for making the U.S. one of the few countries that are self-sufficient in supplying plasma for ...

Blood plasma is big business — especially along the U.S.–Mexico border. Every day, thousands of Mexican citizens cross ...

Donating plasma can cause common but usually minor side effects like dehydration and fatigue. Serious side effects may occur, but these are rare. Donating does a lot of good. Blood plasma is needed ...

Blood is made up of plasma and solid components. Of these, the larger part is plasma, comprising about 55%. It appears as a straw-colored fluid and is composed mainly of water, but also carries ...

Three researchers from the US Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have been awarded the 2025 ...

A newborn star 15,000 light-years from Earth is fascinating astronomers with its dual blasts of superheated plasma jets. The ...

When MPEX begins operations in 2028, it will help researchers design, model and refine the building blocks of future fusion ...

Just as in-flight turbulence—irregular disruptions in the airflow—results in a bumpy plane ride, plasma turbulence transports ...