Could detecting static electricity be a factor in explaining why treehopper insects have evolved such bizarre body shapes?

A Penn State-led research team has unraveled the long-standing mystery of how lightning begins inside thunderclouds. Their findings offer the first quantitative, physics-based explanation for ...

Lightning has captivated scientists for centuries, but despite extensive research, the precise atmospheric conditions that ...

Penn State University scientists have demonstrated the complex series of events occurring inside thunderclouds that create ...