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A Pickle Plugged Into an Outlet Glows Like a Tiny Star. Now We Know Why.

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Joshua Méndez Harper, an electrical engineer at Portland State University, presented research at the 2026 Electrostatics Society of America Annual Meeting explaining that the glow from an electrified pickle results from tiny hydrogen explosions created by electrolysis in the brine.

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