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 ...

There are thousands of YouTube videos in which DIY science enthusiasts cut grapes in half—leaving just a thin bit of skin connecting them—and put the grapes in the microwave, just to marvel at the ...

PBS: Lydia Kisley, assistant professor of physics, commented on a study that answers the decades-old question of why two grapes can create plasma in the microwave—a process that is unsafe for home ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

The Backyard Scientist’s slow motion series is always fun because they’re just quick and easy experiments that show off cool tricks you can do at home (don’t do it at home). This time he makes plasma ...

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 ...

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