Scientists have found a competitor to the lightning rod — one of the most tried and true methods of controlling where lightning strikes. The new method is far more expensive, but it allowed scientists ...

A group of scientists have created a high-power laser beam that they claim lightning will follow for a period of time. Physicists have published a new study in the scientific journal Nature Photonics ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Laser Lightning Rod in action (TRUMPF/Martin Stollberg ) Scientists have demonstrated in a first that a powerful laser beam ...

Laser-guided lightning A laser beam shoots into the sky alongside the 124 m-high telecommunications tower on Säntis mountain in the Swiss Alps. (Courtesy: TRUMPF/Martin Stollberg) Firing a laser beam ...

Thor would be proud when he learns that earthlings have found out how to trigger and redirect lightning through the use of lasers. How can laser beams control lightning bolts? Scientists have been ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Science news every morning. A laser beam pointing into the sky can divert lightning strikes, a Swiss-based project has shown, in what ...

Scientists have demonstrated in a first that a powerful laser beam directed at the sky can create a “virtual lightning rod” that can divert the path of lightning strikes. The research, published on ...

It's not quite Zeus, but at least it's not entirely a myth as lasers have been used for the first time to trigger and divert lightning bolts, the New Scientist reports. In the 1990s, the idea of using ...