Seemingly random charging of identical materials depends on the carbonaceous molecules stuck to their surfaces ...

When microscopic particles of sand, ash, or dust collide in the air, they often exchange a tiny electrical charge. This tiny ...

Static electricity may seem simple. Students often learn that rubbing a balloon against their hair will cause negatively ...

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

PNW scientists have made a flexible “fabric” that converts body heat into electricity. Heat is energy, and most of the heat we produce — from our bodies, kitchens and cars — just dissipates into the ...

New Curtin research has found the spike proteins of SARS-CoV-2, a strain of coronaviruses that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, become trapped when they come into contact with silicon, gold and copper, ...

The agency will make funding available to research teams looking to solve the scientific challenges underpinning next-generation energy technologies. Energy Research & Development The Department of ...