There’s a shocking lack of understanding of the physics underlying this commonplace phenomenon, but researchers are on the ...

Bosch, acting as project coordinator, is working with the Fraunhofer Society and GreenIng on research into an innovative concept for charging vehicles inductively through a magnetic field while the ...

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Incredibly, for the first time, scientists have unraveled the mechanisms at play when rubbing a surface creates an electrical current, something that was first recorded in 600 BCE yet not fully ...

How does static electricity work? Learn more about these electrical chargers and how they may have been a key to life. Unlike flowing electricity, static electricity can accumulate on surfaces and ...

Sebastian Deffner is affiliated with the Department of Physics at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). Static electricity is a ubiquitous part of everyday life. It’s all around us, ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Picture a big, round, fuzzy bumblebee buzzing around a flower garden, collecting nectar and pollen. A bumblebee visits a flower. KQED Deep Look on Giphy As it approaches the next flower, the bee ...