Electrons play many roles in solid materials. When they are weakly bound and able to travel—i.e., mobile—they can enable ...

U.S. astronaut Nichole "Vapor" Ayers captured a spectacular view of a phenomenon known as a "sprite" blazing to life above an ...

Sprites “are transient luminous events” that “are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms,” astronaut ...

Robert P. Baird’s debut novel is about a divinity professor whose 2-year-old son radiates in a way that might be divine.