Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have developed a way to produce static electricity from motion and wind. The invention made from waste polystyrene by ...

The fracturing and friction of coffee beans during grinding generates electricity that causes coffee particles to clump together and stick to the grinder. Researchers report that coffee beans with ...

Static electricity is the buildup of an electrical charge on the surface of an object. Lightning is the most dramatic and potentially lethal example of static discharge. A far more benign illustration ...