In a world first, Japanese researchers flew a lightning-proof drone in a thunderstorm, using it to induce and direct natural ...

On a stormy day, engineers at Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) launched a small aircraft into the ...

Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) has successfully developed and tested the world’s first drone-based ...

Though being struck by lightning is usually bad, the tropical tree Dipteryx oleifera benefits. A strike kills other nearby trees and parasitic vines.

About 1.4 billion lightning strikes occur around the world each year — if we could harness them, it would meet roughly 1.5 ...

DEADLY lightning could soon be a worry of the past thanks to a new power-hungry drone that may generate free electricity in ...

The development of lightning-resistant structures for drones, enables them to withstand direct strikes without malfunctioning ...

Japanese tech conglomerate NTT has created a drone that triggers lightning, is then struck by a heavenly bolt it instigated, ...

The almendro tree may have evolved to attract lightning, which helps clear more space for it to grow, according to new research ...

We have another question to answer, Pat D. in Pittsburgh asks, "I have heard the saying that lightning never strikes the same place twice. How true is that, because I think it does?" Well Pat ...