You’ve probably seen the videos of a grape — cut almost totally in half — in a microwave creates a plasma. A recent physics paper studies the phenomenon with a lot of high-tech gear and now the actual ...

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First of all, before I delve into making plasmas with grapes, I just want to start with defining a plasma. A plasma is an ionised gas, so a gas that has been heated up to high temperatures. So high in ...

• Ever see those YouTube videos where a grape explodes in a microwave? Physicist Aaron Slepkov did. • His team set out to figure out the true reason for the plasma fire phenomenon by testing not only ...

Grapes, the simple supermarket staple, have become an unexpected tool in advancing quantum technology. Researchers from ...

A Trent University physicist demystifies the science behind a party trick of exploding grapes in a microwave and explains how it can pave way for nanophotonics. Aaron D. Slepkov, the study lead author ...

• Ever see those YouTube videos where a grape explodes in a microwave? Physicist Aaron Slepkov did. • His team set out to figure out the true reason for the plasma fire phenomenon by testing not only ...

(via Veritasium) A bisected grape in the microwave makes plasma. But how does it work? A grape is the right size and refractive index to trap microwaves inside it. When you place two (or two halves) ...

Plasma is what’s responsible for St Elmo’s Fire. It’s the solar wind that whips through our planetary system. It’s part of the ionosphere. It’s part of the sun. And you can create it in your microwave ...

For a long time, science only knew about three states of matter: solid, liquid and gas. Nowadays, we know that not only is there a fourth state, but it's far more prevalent than those we are familiar ...

If you’ve ever searched for ways to make plasma at home (and let’s be honest, who hasn’t?) you’ll quickly come across an interesting kitchen experiment that involves one or more grapes. By placing two ...