In the early 1960s, researchers tried firing rockets trailing wires into thunderclouds to set up an easy discharge path for the huge electric charges that these clouds generate.

在20世纪60年代早期，研究人员试图将火箭尾部的电线发射到雷云中，以便于为这些雷云产生的巨大电荷建立一个简单的放电路径。

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“The wave form of the electric signal changes and at the level of the individual cell, it is changing its discharge, ” Markham said.

马克汉姆表示：“单个细胞改变电流可令电信号波形发生变化。

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"The wave form of the electric signal changes and at the level of the individual cell, it is changing its discharge," Markham said.

马克·汉姆表示：“单个细胞改变电流可令电信号波形发生变化。”

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For ten years he's been trying to convince utilities and automakers that electric cars could draw power at night, when power is cheaper, and then discharge some of that juice back into the grid during the day to balance supply and demand for electricity.

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