DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Lightning Rod Market 2017-2021" report to their offering. The global lightning rod market to grow at a CAGR of 7 ...

Last year marked the 270th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin’s lightning rod — but it’s more than a relic of history. The Franklin rod remains in use today because the simple design exploits some ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - When Benjamin Franklin fashioned the first lightning rod in the 1750s following his famous experiment flying a kite with a key attached during a thunderstorm, the ...

SPOKANE, Wash.-- For the first time, scientists have proof that lasers can help direct where lightning strikes go. This may be the biggest breakthrough in lightning safety since Ben Franklin invented ...

A group of scientists say they successfully steered bolts of lightning using laser technology during a storm in Switzerland, demonstrating a potential new method to protect infrastructure from ...

For as much destruction as lightning causes, you’d assume we would have found ways to better mitigate its effects. Lightning kills at least 4,000 people and causes billions of dollars in global ...

FAYETTE COUNTY, Texas — In a recent report from Vaisala, a global leader in technological weather measurements, Flatonia, Texas, was named as the state's "lightning capital" in 2021. To identify each ...