Inside 20 years, the U.S., Europe and Japan have the potential for generating up to 40% of their electrical needs from wind energy. With the trend toward larger wind turbines, the cost/kWh for ...

We were already considering ordering one of those plasma light bulbs we showed you the other day, and now we see this Coke bottle that also does the plasma trick. The ...

Current methanol production from methane requires extreme heat and pressure, making it energy-intensive and a major source of carbon dioxide emissions. Researchers used low-temperature plasma ...

Dan Singleton was a graduate student on a research project a few years ago, showing the U.S. Navy how a powerful new technology called "pulsed power" could help start up an aircraft carrier quickly, ...

Back to the fun stuff: human-made lightning! What's happening at the start of this process is that electricity is being used to excite nitrogen and oxygen molecules directly from the air. This isn't ...

Globally, lightning is responsible for over 4,000 fatalities and billions of dollars in damage every year; Switzerland itself weathers up to 150,000 strikes annually. Understanding exactly how ...

Globally, lightning is responsible for over 4,000 fatalities and billions of dollars in damage every year; Switzerland itself weathers up to 150,000 strikes annually. Understanding exactly how ...