Lightning formation and the conditions triggering it have long been shrouded in a cloud of mystery, but new research led by Penn State scientists is lifting the fog. Using mathematical calculations, ...
Thunderstorms belong to a non-exhaustive list of surprisingly mundane things that we know surprisingly little about. Last ...
The scientific community long assumed that to understand how lightning works, one needed a ...
Scientists have shown that lightning-like bursts can be recreated in small blocks of solid materials in the lab.