Life may not have begun with a dramatic lightning strike into the ocean but from many smaller "microlightning" exchanges ...

Tiny ‘microlightning’ flashes inside water droplets may have sparked life on Earth - Study says tiny electric discharges ...

Forget the dramatic lightning strike – life may have started with countless tiny sparks from crashing water droplets! Scientists found that when mist and sprays collide, they generate microlightning ...

Scientists have discovered that water moving over surfaces generates significantly more electrical charge than previously believed, particularly when it sticks and then slips past tiny obstacles. This ...

In their view, inorganic molecules might have reacted due to energy from the Sun or lightning strikes to form life’s building ...

Sheets of bismuth, gallium, indium, tin and lead can now be made just a few atoms thick by crushing them at a high ...

For years, public-health authorities downplayed the risk that pathogens could spread via droplets light enough to circulate ...

Researchers in Australia have discovered that water generates an electrical charge up to 10 times greater than previously ...

Scientists say hot droplets on cool surfaces show properties similar to the Leidenfrost effect, potentially advancing fire ...

Droplets bouncing off surfaces are an everyday phenomenon, like raindrops bouncing off lotus leaves or water drops sizzling in a hot pan, levitating and sliding around—aka the Leidenfrost effect.

Transparent aluminum oxide (TAlOx), a real material despite its sci-fi name, is incredibly hard and resistant to scratches, making it perfect for protective coatings on electronics, optical ...