In a lab filled with bouncing green lasers and an anti-vibration table that hums a soft, squishy sound, the researchers used ...

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

First introduced in 1996, the Universal Serial Bus (USB) format was developed to replace the array of proprietary cables and connectors used by devices to connect to personal computers of the era. In ...

A security camera in north central Wisconsin captured the dramatic moment when a bolt of lightning struck a white pine tree on Sept. 9, causing a fire that prompted neighbors to spring into action. A ...

APOPKA, Florida — One thing we don't get much of in Utah is lightning. Florida, though, that's another story. It's regarded as the "lightning capital" of the United States, given the frequency of ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Years later, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has officially confirmed the longest single lightning flash ever recorded, stemming from a powerful storm in June 2017.

Lightning flashes streak across the sky in the German countryside. One large flash is mostly horizontal, another one is vertical. Sometimes lightning bolts can ...

APOPKA, Fla. — Many in Central Florida witnessed a spectacular lightning show Monday night. As severe storms rolled through, some areas were lit up with lightning bolts. One Channel 9 viewer shared a ...

Wow, talk about a serious flash. A single lightning bolt that lasted seven seconds and stretched 515 miles across five U.S. states has set a new world record for the longest flash ever recorded.

This is a pretty cool one! We know that lightning can travel very far away from where it starts, even outside of the thunderstorms that they reside in, but The World Meteorological Organization ...