Scientists say they have discovered a new physical phenomenon completely .
U.S. scientists said that the mysterious lightning flashes that seem to predict the occurrence of earthquakes may be caused by the movement, which caused cracks in the layers of the earth .
And recently spotted objects glowing moments before the occurrence of strong earthquakes in China and Italy , which called for physicists to look behind the phenomenon.
He said the scientists who announced their findings at a meeting of the American Physical Society in Denver that those flashes may be the result of a shift in the soil layers , which would generate electrical energy is huge.
The scientists discovered a new physical phenomenon using a bowl full of flour normal food .
Said Troy Hinbroc professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey U.S. : " We came potted plastic filled with flour , and we move it vigorously until the appearance of splits inside born about 200 volts of power . "
He added: "There is no mechanism that I know can explain it , and it seems that this new physical phenomenon . "
The repetition of experiments granular materials to the occurrence of the same phenomenon for the production of electrical energy .
If that happens, the demarcation lines between the different layers of the earth , it generates sliding and cracked soil particles effort electrically millions of volts .
This in turn may lead to the appearance of lightning in the atmosphere above those areas where cracks in the soil layers , thereby creating an " early warning system " and it is natural to predict impending earthquakes .
An electric field
Lightning was seen in the sky before the occurrence of some earthquakes
Spread video clips on the Internet for the appearance of lightning in the sky ahead of some strong earthquakes .
Has recorded many stories about the lights that precede earthquakes 300 years ago , but did not elicit the attention of scientists as mere rumors .
But in recent decades , with the advent of sites such as YouTube on the Internet, has been taking pictures for " lightning in the sky " and analyzed , and confirmed by scientists.
Also spread heavily to online videos viewed luminous balls during seismic Fukushima in Japan , and L'Aquila in Italy .
Hinbroc said , " We want to know why it appears lightning sometimes does not appear in the other."
"It's not every large earthquake preceded by lightning , and not all flash , followed by an earthquake ."
To understand this relationship , established scholars in Turkey towers to measure the electric field in the atmosphere above the quake-prone areas .
"We have found that there are signs of what seems to some strong earthquakes , which power up to five degrees or more , but the reference voltage is not always the same strength , sometimes be high and sometimes be low ."
It was the first goal of the experiment is to understand Hinbroc performed using flour, which indicate the presence of an unknown mechanism resulting in electrical energy during cracking .
"There are two layers of the same material Ihtkan each other and produce electrically effort , how does it happen? "
Hinbroc explained that the reason for not tracking the phenomenon is that someone did not pay attention to it before.
