People often muse over catching lightning in a bottle, and what an amazing feat it would be. But have you ever wondered what ...

A growing body of research into laser-guided lightning and satellite-based wildfire monitoring is fueling interest in whether emerging technology can actually redirect electrical discharges before ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists have long understood why lightning forms, but the atomic processes at the core of the phenomenon have remained largely a ...

In a world first, Japanese researchers flew a lightning-proof drone in a thunderstorm, using it to induce and direct natural lightning strikes. The team is now working on how this flying lightning rod ...

What steps can be taken to mitigate lightning strikes on future aircraft designs? This is what a recent study published in IEEE Access hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated new ...