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Rare Gas Market Update: November 2026

Neon, krypton and xenon are in stock heading into the holidays, but helium is still the gas to watch. Jim Avolt of Global Rare Gases shares his latest market update, and we break down what those strings of nines on a gas label really mean, plus why food grade isn’t the same as research grade.

November 12, 2026

Store, updates
What You Told Me About the Co-Learner Study Group (and What I’m Building)

The survey is closed, and the community has spoken! Find out which topic won, how long the first Co-Learner Study Group will run, how small the group will be, and what you told me would make it genuinely useful. As a quick note for mailing list subscribers: The plan is to look at next year…

October 21, 2026

All, Community, updates
🔒Studio BTS | 3D Printed Electrode Protector, HV Lead Strain Relief, and a Mounting Hardware Idea

Behind the scenes on the Atupa Series: a 3D printed electrode protector doing triple duty — protecting the tip-off, acting as strain relief for the HV lead, and in some pieces, mounting hardware too. Plus a first look at where the next generation of my plasma work is headed: a return to electrodeless design. Full…

September 21, 2026

Artist Interviews & Field Notes, Behind the Scenes, Patreon
Help Shape the Co-Learner Study Group — Take the Survey

I’m launching the Co-Learner Study Group and want your input before locking in the first topic. Take the short survey — closes October 6, 2026.

September 15, 2026

Polls And Surveys
BagelGen Mapped the Periodic Table in Plasma

A collaboration between TeslaCoilPro and Zerg Labs, BagelGen’s Periodic Table of Plasma photographs and films electrodeless induction discharges element by element — real emission spectra, not textbook line charts. It’s one of the best visual references I’ve come across for this kind of chemistry, and a good excuse to talk about why some of this…

September 6, 2026

Resources, The Research Lab Library, Videos & Multimedia

bagelgen, teslacoilpro, zerglabs

Rare Gas Market Update: November 2026

What You Told Me About the Co-Learner Study Group (and What I’m Building)

🔒Studio BTS | 3D Printed Electrode Protector, HV Lead Strain Relief, and a Mounting Hardware Idea

Help Shape the Co-Learner Study Group — Take the Survey

BagelGen Mapped the Periodic Table in Plasma