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Thick sparks flash faster than thin ones

Thick sparks flash faster through the air than thin ones - at least, when positive discharges are concerned.

Luque and Ebert publish on connections in lightning

In August 2008 Alejandro Luque, Ute Ebert, and Willem Hudsdorfer of the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica published an article on their research into lightning in the prestigious scientific journal Physical Review Letters. …

Ute Ebert in TV programme Galileo

On Tuesday 27 May 2008 TV programme Galileo airs a documentary on the effect of lightning on climate changes. Featuring CWI researcher Ute Ebert and her colleagues from the Department of Electrical …

Ute Ebert in televisieprogramma Galileo

Dinsdag 27 mei 2008 zendt het televisieprogramma Galileo een documentaire uit over het effect van donder en bliksem op klimaatverandering. CWI-onderzoeker Ute Ebert en haar collega's van de afdeling Electrical Engineering aan …

Ute Ebert member of Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities

Ute Ebert has been invited to become a member of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen) in Haarlem, the oldest academic society in the Netherlands. …

Willem Hundsdorfer wins Peterich Prize

Willem Hundsdorfer has submitted the best mathematical research proposal in the 2003 Open Competition of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). As a result his project receives the Peterich Prize. This …