{"id":155652,"date":"2023-01-17T12:26:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T18:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/lasers-as-lightning-rods-just-became-a-reality-thanks-to-a-new-study"},"modified":"2023-01-17T12:26:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T18:26:08","slug":"lasers-as-lightning-rods-just-became-a-reality-thanks-to-a-new-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/lasers-as-lightning-rods-just-became-a-reality-thanks-to-a-new-study","title":{"rendered":"Lasers as lightning rods just became a reality thanks to a new study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4_FdXTlSYUY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The study has shown that the use of intense lasers can be used to divert lightning, much like conventional \u201cFranklin rods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to a report published in Nature Photonics.<\/p>\n<p>The research could improve lightning protection strategies for vital infrastructure like power plants, airports, and launch pads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The study has shown that the use of intense lasers can be used to divert lightning, much like conventional \u201cFranklin rods.\u201d According to a report published in Nature Photonics. The research could improve lightning protection strategies for vital infrastructure like power plants, airports, and launch pads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[493],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climatology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155652\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}