A bladeless turbine design converts the static electricity naturally generated by dust particles in compressed air into ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers found a way to harness the fundamental properties of triboelectrification, which most people think of it as static electricity, to ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Have you gotten shocked while touching a doorknob or a metal surface recently? First Alert Meteorologist Nate Morris explains what causes static electricity and why it’s more common ...

Electric trikes are usually intended for the older generation, designed to offer stability when cruising around the park or as seamless street-to-shop mobility for doing the groceries. Typically these ...

Comparison of raw correlations (dashed) and causal effects (solid) of wind on UK day-ahead prices. Lines show the price change (GBP/MWh) from +1 GWh of predicted wind for the delivery hour across ...

At first glance, it’s a wonder that jumping parasitic nematodes exist at all. To reproduce, these minuscule creatures—roughly the size of a pinpoint—hurl themselves up to 25 times their body length to ...

Researchers wanted to quantify how much charge a jumping parasitic roundworm needed to latch on to its fruit fly host.Credit...By Victor M. Ortega-Jimenez Supported by By Alexa Robles-Gil For small ...

Static electricity can be a small annoyance for humans—a zap when you touch a doorknob, your hair shooting up when you pull off a sweater—but for small organisms, it can be a lifesaver. Static helps ...

The advantages of a tie-bar-less design are now available with an electric drivetrain in Engel's latest e-victory injection molding machine, bringing benefits such as more space in the mold area, ...

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