presumably designed to maximize the chance of a clean lightning strike and direct it cleanly through the cage to the ground wire. Here's how the experiment worked: the NTT team waited for a ...

Lightning may not strike the same place twice ... It’s connected to the ground by a 300-meter conductive wire, which plays the role of safe conductor. The system uses ground-based sensors ...

Every time a commercial plane takes to the air, it enters a world pervaded by unseen forces, none more dramatic than lightning.

With the drone deployed, NTT flipped a switch that delivered 2,000 volts flowing between the wire and the ground. Shortly after, a lightning strike was recorded near the drone. While NTT hopes ...

Florida leads the nation in lightning-related fatalities, according to the Lightning Safety Council. It’s not just a matter of personal safety. Li ...