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 ...

Tiny bolts of plasma, flickering inside a submerged glass tube, may have opened a new route for turning methane into liquid ...

Professor Dayne Swearer found that 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 ...

By harnessing tiny bursts of plasma — or mini “lightning bolts” — in glass tubes submerged in water, the researchers ...

Methane is an abundant but low-value fuel and a significant greenhouse gas. Photocatalytic conversion of methane into transportable liquid oxygenated compounds (MTLOs), such as methanol and ethanol, ...

A laboratory setup shows yellowish and bluish light from two lamps shining on a metallic reactor. Deep-ultraviolet, infrared, and visible light shine on carbon dioxide and methane in a reactor, ...

For centuries, will-o'-the-wisp has puzzled scientists and travelers alike. According to folklore, it is the product of faeries, demons, and spirits. More recently, scientists have attributed ...

Scientists have developed a fast and economical method of converting methane, or natural gas, into liquid methanol at ambient temperature and pressure. The method takes place under continuous flow ...