New Atlas

Scientists produce cleaner fuel by 'catching lightning in a bottle'

People often muse over catching lightning in a bottle, and what an amazing feat it would be. But have you ever wondered what ...
ZME Science

Researchers Use “Bottled Lightning” to Turn Methane Into Liquid Fuel

Inside a submerged glass tube, tiny bolts of plasma pulse through bubbling methane gas. It looks like miniature lightning, ...
Hydrocarbon Processing

Bottled lightning makes a cleaner fuel: Research shows how bursts of plasma convert methane into methanol without high heat and pressures

Enhancing with argon. To further enhance the process, the team diluted methane with argon, which is typically an inert noble ...
THE WEEK

Could the Iran war pop the AI bubble?

As AI adoption across personal and professional vectors increases so do the risks the industry takes on in the name of commercial growth and financial dominance. Mere weeks into the Iran war, the ...
KETV Omaha

66-year-old man dies after explosion at a salvage yard in Iowa, deputies say

KETV. NEWSWATCH. STARTS WITH BREAKING NEWS THAT BREAKING NEWS FROM FREMONT COUNTY, IOWA, WHERE WE’VE LEARNED THE NAME OF THE 66 YEAR OLD MAN KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M PETE ...
katu

Lawsuit: "Exploding" Stumptown Coffee burns Alaska Airlines flight attendant mid-flight

An area of low pressure offshore has spread cloud cover over western Oregon this morning. TriMet: Renewable diesel up $2.15 a gallon since beginning of Iran war The cost of fueling TriMet buses surged ...
wsbt

No injuries in reported explosion at Wastewater Treatment Utility in Elkhart

Rep. Nancy Mace is calling on Congress to release sexual harassment records in the wake of Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell’s resignation.Mace states she believes Semi driver dies after Amtrak train hits ...
Android Authority

6 ways I'm already using Android 17's app bubbles to multitask better

Google has released Android 17 Beta 3, and with it comes one of the update’s most anticipated features — app bubbles. Think of it as a cleaner evolution of Android’s older floating window system. You ...
Time

We Must Prepare For an AI Bubble Now

In 2008, when the housing bubble burst and the global economy crashed, policymakers were caught flatfooted. Despite months of worry and concern about a housing bubble, signs of financial institutions ...
Inside Climate News

Two Years After Fatal Explosion, Alabama Mine Regulator ‘Letting the Fox Guard the Henhouse,’ Resident Says

OAK GROVE, Ala.—It’s been a long two years for Lisa Lindsay. And every day since her neighbor’s home exploded above an expanding coal mine in March 2024, she’s been reminded of how far her community ...
Ars Technica

NASA wants to know how the launch industry’s chic new rocket fuel explodes

For more than 60 years, nearly every large rocket used some combination of the same liquid and solid propellants. Refined kerosene was favored for its easy handling and non-toxicity, hydrazine for its ...
New Scientist

Ice core reveals low CO2 during warm spell 3 million years ago

Bubbles in a 3-million-year-old ice core have allowed researchers to measure gases in the atmosphere during the late Pliocene for the first time. This epoch, when global temperatures are thought to ...