He found that the same electron cascade process could explain these events when conditions fall just short of producing lightning. By understanding how small changes in electric field strength affect ...

Any time a coach answers a question with a question it’s squirmy. And it rarely ever happens when the query and the response are grounded in happy feelings and optimism. As it was, Tampa Bay Lightning ...

The odds of being struck by lightning are 1 in a million. And the odds of surviving one of these major bolts of electricity are surprisingly good. Only about one in 10 people who are struck by ...

HOMEMADE. Researchers made this glowing blob, about 6 centimeters across, which may resemble the elusive lightning balls that occur in nature. To see a video clip of the fireball being formed, click ...

A green spectacle. With protective eyewear, ISTA PHD student Andrea Stöllner takes a glimpse into the experimental chamber (in the foreground) where two laser beams trap a single particle. One ...