Lightning can injure a tree in many ways but it doesn't have to mean the end. Here's what you should look for and some tips ...

Positive lightning happens when those clouds have a positive charge while the ground has a negative charge. It is rarer than the inverse phenomenon of negative lightning, which accounts for 90% of ...

Lightning has fascinated and ... it repels all the negative charges in the surrounding area and attracts all the positive charge. As the positive charges collect in high enough concentration ...

Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory have discovered that cosmic-ray showers seem to play a pivotal role in ...

Crucially, the speed and sensitivity of this equipment allowed the team to see a difference between negative leader ... of X-rays produced by upward positive lightning, Scientific Reports (2024).

Lightning strikes are common in Florida, including Jacksonville. Trees struck by lightning may not need to be removed, as the damage varies depending on the intensity of the strike. It's crucial ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, scientists from Los Alamos National ...

Xuan-Min Shao and his engineering team at Los Alamos National Laboratory may not literally be trying to capture lightning in a bottle, but what they’re doing is not far from that. Shao and his team of ...