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

Experiments show that those small electrical charges can trigger the chemical reactions necessary to form organic molecules.

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 ...

A new way to measure male fertility has been discovered by researchers at the University of Waterloo, opening the door to the ...

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

Droplets of less volatile liquids like soybean oil and silicone oil have lower saturation pressures than water.

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