Scientists have found a way to bend lasers — and may use it to bend lightning as well. A team led by Pavel Polynkin of the University of Arizona sent a special sort of laser beam — pulsed instead of ...

It's not quite Zeus, but at least it's not entirely a myth as lasers have been used for the first time to trigger and divert lightning bolts, the New Scientist reports. In the 1990s, the idea of using ...

A group of scientists have created a high-power laser beam that they claim lightning will follow for a period of time. Physicists have published a new study in the scientific journal Nature Photonics ...

The project, 20 years in the making, required a super powerful laser to be shot into the sky. The hope is the laser could draw lightning away from places we don't want it to hit. Researchers were able ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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 ...

Laser-guided lightning A laser beam shoots into the sky alongside the 124 m-high telecommunications tower on Säntis mountain in the Swiss Alps. (Courtesy: TRUMPF/Martin Stollberg) Firing a laser beam ...