corona discharge occurs at the tips of tree leaves during thunderstorms, but this phenomenon had never been observed in nature. In a new study, a research team at Pennsylvania State University in the ...

When lightning strikes, a phenomenon called ' corona discharge ', in which small blue sparks are generated from the tips of plants growing around the impact point, may be confirmed. A research team at ...

Air leaks cost money. According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), over $5 billion per year is spent on energy to power compressed air systems. The DOE estimates that optimizing these systems ...

Drought and desertification become a threat to human survival and development. Artificial rainmaking could help by improving the utilization of water resources up in the sky and bring about impressive ...

Research conducted by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has confirmed that corona discharges can degrade certain 115-kV and 138 kV polymer transmission line insulators and that it has ...

[Advanced Tinkering] needed a source of fresh ozone for some future chemistry related projects, and since buying an off-the-shelf unit would be, well, just plain boring, it was obvious what to do ...

Here, we report a new concept of both the adhesive manner and material, named “adhesive leaf (AL),” based on the leaf of the plant Heteropanax fragrans. The treatment of the corona discharge on the ...

A sharp conductor on the Van de Graaff generator will emit electrons via corona discharge and prevent arcing to an adjacent grounded tower. A shard of GaAs on a Van de Graaff generator will also ...