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Here’s what might spark ghostly will-o’-the-wisps

Chemists have discovered tiny zaps of electricity moving between “swamp-gas” bubbles. Could they ignite methane gas to glow as dancing blue flames?

X-ray technique provides a new tool for nuclear forensics investigations

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) are experts in nuclear forensics: the art and science of ...

Decades in the making: Seeing the full impact from air pollution reductions

Researchers at Georgia Tech have analyzed the seasonal differences of sulfate aerosols—a major pollutant in the United States ...

The LA Fires Spewed Out Toxic Nanoparticles. He Made It His Mission to Trace Them

Nicholas Spada is one of the only scientists in the world using a nuclear x-ray process to study deadly nanoparticles in ...