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Ice is almost everywhere on the earth — in glaciers, snow, and clouds. Despite being so common, it still hides mysteries about its physical properties. A long-standing puzzle concerns its electrical ...

Tonight's thunder and lightning storm in Plymouth may not be as spectacular as the one that struck almost a year ago to the day. But bolts of lightning could still be seen as heavy rain fell in other ...

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Picture this: You're stuck in traffic on a summer afternoon, checking the weather app on your phone as dark storm clouds roll in. You might think about power outages or possible flooding, but you ...

Using lasers as tweezers to understand cloud electrification might sound like science fiction but at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) it is a reality. By trapping and charging ...

A particle accelerator was used to create lightning in a bottle by charging a spinning acrylic tube with high-energy ...