A new caged drone has been developed that can trigger lightning strikes and can safely redirect the electricity.

Scientists and engineers at the Japanese telecommunications company Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) ...

As storm season ramps up, so does lightning danger -- and with it, decades of misinformation. Let's set the record straight ...

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 ...

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The National Weather Service issued a weather alert at 5:30 p.m. on Friday for strong thunderstorms until 6 p.m. for East ...

Japan has just found a way to take lightning control to a whole new level. Instead of dangling keys from kites, they’re ...

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

A report from the NWS Medford OR was issued on Friday at 5:55 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 6:45 p.m. for Modoc County.

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 ...