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Scientists Discover Flexoelectric Ice: How It Generates Electricity and Powers Lightning A Shocking Discovery Beneath the Surface of Ice Ice has always been one of Earth's most familiar materials, blanketing glaciers, mountaintops and polar caps. Yet, despite its abundance and familiarity researchers continue to uncover surprising properties hidden within its crystalline structure. Now, an international team of scientists had made a breakthrough that changes our understanding of ice forever. A study published in Nature Physics reveals that ice possesses flexoelectric properties , enabling it to generate electricity when subjected to uneven deformation. This finding, co-directed by the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) at the UAB campus, in collaboration with Xi"an Jiaotong University and Stony Brook University , offers not only technological promise but also fresh insight into natural phenomena such as lightning formation during thunderstorms . Wha...