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X-ray Could Help Predict Lightning Strikes A new breakthrough in the dynamics of lightning has recently revealed the source of X-ray light emitted moments before the lightning strikes and could help in the near future advance the methods used to predict the moment and location where these phenomena occur."From a practical point of view, if we are going to eve...	17 July 2008 07:03 GMT

New Li-ion Battery Stores 30% More Energy Lithium-ion batteries have the bad 'habit' of quickly losing energy storing capacity or even of lighting up on fire when damaged or over-charged. However, Argonne National Laboratory researchers say that they can make these problems go away and increase the storing capacity of Li-ion batteries by up to 30 p...	10 April 2008 11:22 GMT

How to Avoid Being Struck by Lightning You've probably heard than when a lightning storm catches you on open ground, you shouldn't take cover under a tree. That's true. Since lighting often strikes the highest spot in an area, ducking below a tall tree is definitely not a good idea, since you'll probably be struck in the same time.If ...	25 June 2007 10:10 GMT

The Secrets of "Sprite" Lightnings Sprites are not only legendary elf-like creatures, like fairies, dwarves and spirits from the European folklore. They are also electrical discharges that occur high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm.The mythical creatures gave their names to quick bursts of electricity that puzzled scientists fo...	14 June 2007 03:10 GMT

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