An international group of researchers has discovered new electric properties in ice that emerge when force is applied to bend ...

A new study has found an interesting and, perhaps, important property of ice. It appears to generate electricity when it is ...

Lightning has long terrified and fascinated scientists and non-scientists alike. For something so relatively common, the precise atmospheric events that give rise to a lightning strike have been ...

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Water droplets create “microlightning” when they split, producing electrical discharges without any external power source ...

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The changing sky dazzles with a natural light show of lightning bolts and billowing clouds dance in the sky for hours. C ...