Using lasers as tweezers to understand cloud electrification might sound like science fiction, but at the Institute of ...

Lightning lights up the sky in a dramatic flash, but scientists still don’t fully understand how it starts. Now, researchers ...

An accidental discovery involving laser beams and particles suspended in light may unravel the mysterious nature of lightning strikes.

Abstract: When a cloud-to-ground lightning strike occurs, the majority of the lightning current dissipates into the surrounding soil through grounding networks. However, limited work has been ...