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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Photo of the experimental setup to couple MWs to N- 𝑉⁢s using grape dimers. A stripped optical fiber with N- 𝑉 spins, cantilevered from a rod, lies between two grapes. The grapes were positioned on ...

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 ...