With a high-speed camera and the luck of being in the right place at the right time, physicist Marcelo Saba, a researcher at Brazil’s National Space Research Institute (INPE), and PhD candidate Diego ...
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US lab models lightning from clouds in plastic blocks to study storm physics
The scientific community long assumed that to understand how lightning works, one needed a ...
A high-speed photo of lightning rods at work during an electrical storm in São José dos Campos, Brazil, is helping scientists understand how the devices compete to attract strikes and keep buildings ...
Lightning formation and the conditions triggering it have long been shrouded in a cloud of mystery, but new research led by Penn State scientists is lifting the fog. Using mathematical calculations, ...
Marcelo Saba, a researcher at Brazil's National Space Research Institute (INPE), and Ph.D. candidate Diego Rhamon managed to snap an incredibly unique shot of lightning rods doing what they do best.
Penn State researchers found that lightning-like discharges may occur inside materials such as glass and quartz, potentially ...
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — In the early 2000s, scientists observed lightning discharge producing X-rays comprising high energy photons — the same type used for medical imaging. Researchers could recreate ...
The image captured with a high-speed camera shows several lightning rods trying to connect to the downward discharge. Credit: Diego Rhamon/INPE With a high-speed camera and the luck of being in the ...
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