Could we one day control the path of lightning?

Friday, June 19, 2015 - 15:00 in Physics & Chemistry

Lightning path remains unpredictable, but at a smaller scale, discharges between two electrodes can be guided by laser beams. Professor Roberto Morandotti and his colleagues have discovered a way to guide electric discharges -- and even steer them around obstacles -- through the clever use of lasers.

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