The image is surreal: a frozen lake, a scientist kneeling on the ice, and then a sheet of flame racing across the surface as ...

Professor Praveen Linga and his research team, Yunhan Ma (left) and Dr Ye Zhang (middle), at their lab, where the amino-acid-modified ice technology was developed. If you have ever cooked on a gas ...

They’ve been called “bubble chasers,” and “seep seekers,” though they sometimes call themselves “flare hunters.” They’re a ...