Scientists have discovered that ordinary ice is a flexoelectric material, capable of generating electricity when bent or ...

Missourians often associate lightning with thunderstorms or the occasional snowstorm, but other parts of the world also experience lightning in some different scenarios. Residents along coastlines may ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Today on Weather U, we're discussing lightning and severe storms, and how they form. Lightning is a discharge of electricity in the atmosphere between clouds, the air, or the ...

The very moment two electrical currents slam together to form a lightning bolt has been captured, revealing for the first time the role this process plays in generating powerful gamma rays right here ...

Ice can generate electricity when bent, a process called flexoelectricity. The discovery connects to lightning formation and ...

Videos of a purple orb of lightning at various locations here surfaced on social media last week. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The crack of lightning has always seemed straightforward — clouds build up electric charge, and eventually, it snaps. But the chain of events that lights the sky has remained an atmospheric puzzle for ...

Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) has successfully developed and tested the world’s first drone-based system capable of triggering and guiding lightning. Between December 2024 ...