New research suggests “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets in Earth’s early atmosphere may have sparked the building blocks of life.

Zare’s team demonstrated the existence of micro-lightning, very small electricity discharges that occur between tiny droplets ...

New microlightning research out of Stanford adds a "striking" twist to an existing theory about how life may have originated ...

Study discovered that tiny electrical sparks, called microlightning, form when water droplets collide. These can create ...

Instead, it may have started with tiny “micro lightning” sparks generated between water droplets from crashing waves or waterfalls. This fascinating new perspective comes from Stanford University ...

If the surface is at least 400° Fahrenheit (well above the boiling point of water), cushions ... temperature droplets) on various solid, cold surfaces, including scratched glass, smooth glass ...

They work a bit like oil droplets that spontaneously separate in a glass of water, but inside the cell. These membrane-free structures, known as biomolecular condensates, play a crucial role in ...