Ball lightning is a widely debated and controversial atmospheric phenomenon that accompanies electrical storms, it is extremely rare and poorly understood. It manifests as a glowing spherical object ...

Some scientific groups, including the Max Planck Institute, have reportedly produced a ball lightning-type effect by discharging a high-voltage capacitor in a tank of water. Credit: Wikipedia, ...

Ball lightning and plasmoid phenomena have long captured the interest of both the scientific community and the general public due to their rare and enigmatic nature. Ball lightning is typically ...

As a massive storm swept through central Alberta in early July, a couple stood on their porch watching bolts of lightning play across the cloudy skies. A particularly massive lightning strike hit ...

During a recent lightning storm, a couple from Canada caught a rare weather mystery on camera. Right from their porch, Ed and Melinda Pardy watched as a lightning bolt struck the land less than a ...

A couple have been left astounded after a thunderstorm produced a glowing orb of light thought to be mysterious ‘ball lightning’. Ed and Melinda Pardy were watching a storm from their porch in Alberta ...

To the editor: A few days ago, we had a fierce thunderstorm around 7 in the morning. I was not looking directly out a window, but I saw a brilliant flash of light outside and heard an associated boom.

The article “Biomanufacturing Isn’t Cleaning Up Chemicals” in the April 15/22 issue of C&EN (page 26) failed to mention the two largest fermentation processes for commodity chemicals that benefit from ...