Laser-induced plasma cloud interaction and ice multiplication under cirrus cloud conditions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1222190110 ...

We didn’t, but we could see some small discharge, lightning, within the cloud. You know, 90 per cent of the lightning discharge are intra-cloud, not against the Earth.

Shooting lasers at the sky can make the germ of a rain cloud, a new study shows. In an experiment that smacks of science fiction, scientists used a high-powered laser to squeeze water from air ...

'Dressed' laser aimed at clouds may be key to inducing rain, lightning Date: April 18, 2014 Source: University of Central Florida Summary: The adage "Everyone complains about the weather but ...

Currently, laser-based communication systems bypass clouds by routing the beams to ground stations free of cloud cover. The level of coordination required, however, is problematic.

Video: Laser creates clouds A laser pulse (red) ionises air and triggers the condensation of water droplets to create a cloud, which is illuminated by a second, green laser A laser has been used ...

Intense laser light pulses increase the brightness of high cirrus clouds. Together with colleagues from Berlin and Geneva, climate researchers from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have been ...

That is not to say that the laser he’s tested isn’t powerful: at one terawatt, it has the same energy produced by all the nuclear power plants on Earth: “Of course, it doesn’t last very ...