About 1.4 billion lightning strikes occur around the world each year — if we could harness them, it would meet roughly 1.5 percent of current global energy consumption. But that’s one of the goals of ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. As the weather warms, people spend more time outdoors, going to barbecues, beaches and ballgames. But summer isn’t just the season of baseball ...

Swiss physicists have achieved a groundbreaking breakthrough in lightning control using laser beams, which could lead to advanced lightning protection systems for critical infrastructure such as ...