Would Energy Shields Be Possible?

Students at the University of Leicester actually did a study on energy shields. Their results concluded that it is possible to use plasma, controlled by very powerful magnets, to block out certain frequencies of radiation, from microwaves to gamma rays.

Are energy shields possible?

While shields may be inconceivable as a bubble of energy, they may exist in the form of plasma. ... The magnetic field cannot be too weak, or else the plasma will fly out into space and the shield won't be intact.

Is it possible to build a deflector shield?

Star Wars Deflector Shields are Possible to Make with Real Technology. The deflector shields featured throughout the Star Wars franchise are possible in theory, and the technology to make them exists right now, according to a group of final year physics students from the University of Leicester.

Sarah Jenkins

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