We’re always looking to harvest energy from diverse, nominally “free” sources such as wind, water, solar, and even less-dense possibilities such as vibration and friction. Then there are lightning ...

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 ...

Louisiana's "Lightning Speed Initiative" paves way for energy infrastructure expansion, but costs could be passed onto ...

The team of scientists didn't create a storm. Instead, they used mathematical calculations to simulate the science that creates a bolt of lightning.

When a bolt of lightning cracked through the sky over Japan last December, it didn’t come by chance. It came because a drone asked for it. On a stormy day, engineers at Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and ...

Scientists have shown that lightning-like bursts can be recreated in small blocks of solid materials in the lab.

A Tokyo-based tech giant claims to have created the first drone in the world to induce and guide lightning strikes. Like Zeus on his winged chariot, or – more realistically – a flying lightning rod, ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Before the puck dropped and the first goal was scored, fans made their presence felt outside of Amalie Arena. From the “Big Boi” pregame concert to the postgame show, the energy ...

Engineers across many disciplines are aware of and concerned with lightning—and for good reasons. A lightning strike can cause significant structural damage, house and forest fires, and severe ...

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, ...

STORY. GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO IS TALKING ABOUT HIS LIGHTNING PLAN TO A GROUP OF BUSINESS LEADERS AT A SUMMIT IN DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH. THAT SUMMIT FOCUSES ON ENERGY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. BUSINESS AND ...

Plant owners with a so-called green thumb often seem to have a more finely tuned sense of what their plants need than the ...