Penn State researchers found that lightning-like discharges may occur inside materials such as glass and quartz, potentially ...
Scientists have shown that lightning-like bursts can be recreated in small blocks of solid materials in the lab.
The scientific community long assumed that to understand how lightning works, one needed a ...
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, ...
NORFOLK, Va. — When most people think of lightning, they picture bright flashes in the sky or the rumble of thunder that follows. But lightning does more than put on a show during storms: it helps ...
Thunderstorms often begin to develop early in the day when the sun heats the air near the ground and pockets of warmer air start to rise in the atmosphere. When these pockets of air reach a certain ...