'Dressed' laser aimed at clouds may be key to inducing rain, lightning
Saturday, April 19, 2014 - 05:30
in Physics & Chemistry
The adage "Everyone complains about the weather but nobody does anything about it" may one day be obsolete if researchers further develop a new technique to aim a high-energy laser beam into clouds to make it rain or trigger lightning. Other possible uses of this technique could be used in long-distance sensors and spectrometers to identify chemical makeup.