Scientists use high-powered laser beam to steer lightning bolts
A team of physicists have conducted an experiment where they used an expensive high-powered laser beam to control where lightning strikes.
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A team of physicists have conducted an experiment where they used an expensive high-powered laser beam to control where lightning strikes.
Scientists were able to create a virtual lightning rod using a large, powerful laser atop a mountain in Switzerland, successfully diverting the path of lightning strikes.
Scientists said this week that they used a high-powered laser to change the direction of lightning strikes for the first time. The laser was aimed at the sky atop Mount Santis in northeastern Switzerland.
Scientists use laser to guide lightning bolt for the first time
One of the most energetic natural events, lightning unleashes millions of volts in fractions of a second, in a destructive power that may damage buildings, cut electricity, start fires and cause deaths and injurie