Scientists solved why lightning is not traveling straight.

Lightning travel in curves. And researchers found out why this thing happens. The zigzag movements or "steps" are forming when lightning hits oxygen molecules. That energy load form so-called "singlet-delta metastable molecules". 

When lightning pumps energy to those molecules' electron cores. Those high-energy electrons are pushing lightning away from those singlet-delta metastable molecules. 

And that information on how lightning turns its route can use protecting houses And extremely sensitive electric systems against flashes of lightning. 

But what else do researchers do with knowledge of why bolts of lightning are traveling zigzag? They can make lightning that travels straight. Lightning is an electron beam. And that straight-traveling lightning can use to transmit information and energy through the air. That electron beam can also use as a weapon. 

So researchers can make the tunnel through the air by using singlet-delta oxygen molecules. And if those molecules are in a symmetrical position they can push the electron beam straight. 

But knowledge of why bolts of lightning are turning their route also makes it possible to create highly accurately aimed electron or cathode beams where high-energy electrons are traveling long distances. There is a possibility that someday researchers are making the "tunnel" across the air where singlet-delta oxygen molecules are pushing the lightning straight. 

If researchers can make lightning travel straight that thing can use in high-power communication. But it can also transmit high-voltage energy through the air. And that thing can turn things like plasma-jet engines into reality. Straight-traveling lightning can also make it possible to create cathode-beam weapons that are using high power electrons. That kind of system can be made Nikola Tesla's dreams about transmitting electricity through air and death rays true. 

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