Utilizing literal “lighting in a bottle” the team from Northwestern University successfully converted methane directly into methanol in a single step. Methanol is a versatile, high-demand industrial ...

Researchers at Northwestern University in the US have successfully produced methanol from methane gas using a lightning plasma in glass tubes. The achievement demonstrates that the potential for ...

Scientists chasing thunderstorms in a retrofitted minivan finally captured something never seen before in nature: faint electrical glows shimmering from treetops during a storm. These “corona ...

Inside a submerged glass tube, tiny bolts of plasma pulse through bubbling methane gas. It looks like miniature lightning, but this electrified reaction tackles a problem that has frustrated chemists ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — It will be a beautiful weekend in the region as high pressure takes hold. High temperatures today will jump about 10 degrees warmer than they were Friday. On Sunday and Monday, ...

PEWAUKEE, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A man in his 40s died of a suspected lightning strike Wednesday, April 15, after being found unresponsive in a Pewaukee Kwik Trip parking lot during severe storms, according ...

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