DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Lightning Rod Market 2017-2021" report to their offering. The global lightning rod market to grow at a CAGR of 7 ...

Lightning rods have been used to safely guide strikes into the ground since Benjamin Franklin's day, but their short range (roughly the same radius as the height) and fixed-in-place design makes them ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - When Benjamin Franklin fashioned the first lightning rod in the 1750s following his famous experiment flying a kite with a key attached during a thunderstorm, the ...

Hong Kong police are investigating the theft of copper wire worth about HK$100,000 (US$12,820) from a rooftop lightning rod at Po Lam MTR station in Tseung Kwan O. Officers were dispatched to the ...

Lightning often hits trees because electricity seeks the path of least resistance, and moisture inside a tree is a much better conductor than air. Lightning also tends to strike the tallest nearby ...

Benjamin Franklin is credited with inventing the lightning rod, and for some 270 years it has remained the main tool for protecting buildings from destructive and potentially deadly thunderbolts. But ...

Scientists have found a competitor to the lightning rod — one of the most tried and true methods of controlling where lightning strikes. The new method is far more expensive, but it allowed scientists ...

The movers have come to look at the items to be moved to the new Vigo County History Center. Coordinating the move of so many items is no small task. Not everything can fit in a box. Many of the items ...