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Although the mechanism by which lightning strikes the ground has long been understood, the exact process that triggers its ...

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The past few weeks have been marked by a number of thunderstorms. For millennia the cause of storms, especially the thunder clap and ...

Hexagonal diamond up to 60 per cent stronger than normal diamonds could be used to create super-tough drilling and cutting ...