The spark that transfers a charge from one carbon particle to another, generating lightning and possibly life itself, is finally understood.

One of NASA's robotic rovers on Mars has for the first time ever detected electrical sparks igniting within small dusty tornadoes whirling on the planet's surface. While scientists have long theorized ...

A team of researchers has discovered a new mineral accidentally created by a lightning strike or a downed power line in a wind-created dune in the Sand Hills of north central Nebraska. The discharge ...

This is where the ultrasound comes in. The high-frequency sound pulses exert an acoustic radiation force that actually traps and moves this hotter, less-dense air. The sound waves push the hot air ...

A team from Penn State has documented in the wild the elusive electrical coronas that for nearly a century had only been hypothesized.