Scientists are using non-thermal plasma to produce fertiliser and long-chain hydrocarbons. Mason Wakley talks to the chemists ...

A grape, sliced nearly in half and placed in a household microwave, can produce a bright flash of plasma, the same high-energy state of matter found in lightning bolts and the surface of the sun. For ...

In middle and high school, most people learn about the three states of matter we interact with in our everyday lives: solid, liquid and gas. Some students may have even been introduced to the idea of ...

Plasma, considered the fourth state of matter, is a staple of science education as well as research. It is essentially superheated or ionized matter in which the electrons are torn away from an atom, ...

Harnessing the power of the sun holds the promise of providing future societies with energy abundance. To make this a reality, fusion researchers need to address many technological challenges. For ...

There has been an interest in the fourth state of matter, and the U.S. Japan and Europe have joined hands to work towards the stage of abundant power. Thanks to the partnership forged by Princeton ...

In the very first moments after the Big Bang, the universe looked nothing like it does today. Instead of stars, atoms, or even protons, everything was packed into an incredibly hot, dense state made ...

Dr. Jeremiah Williams, Wittenburg University professor of physics; Physics Division, National Science Foundation In nature, matter naturally exists in one of four states. The most common (and least ...

Only recently have scientists realized that most of the universe is neither gaseous, liquid or solid. It is plasma, a lively, tricky, often dangerous state of matter whose distinctive characteristic ...

When two grapes are placed close together in a microwave, they can produce a brief flash of plasma — a state of matter usually associated with lightning or the Sun. The effect occurs because ...