The dance of electrical charges high above us is more complex than most people realize. While we typically think of lightning ...

The forecast for cloudy days at work may have just improved with a "luminous ceiling" from Fraunhofer Institute that mimics outdoor lighting inside the workplace. Leslie Katz led a team that explored ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — With all thunderstorms comes lightning. Of the various types of lightning, one that meteorologists monitor closely is cloud-to-ground lightning. Here’s how it works: ...

Zeus’s weapon has been cracked. Researchers say they have finally worked out how lightning forms, how it escapes the storm cloud that fosters it – and whether it will form a “bolt from the blue”. The ...