A century after Nikola Tesla sketched a turbine with no blades, researchers are now using that same counterintuitive design ...

Scientists at Northwestern University may have figured out why walking on carpet in your socks, petting your furry friend, or rubbing a balloon on your hair creates static electricity. In a new study, ...

Researchers have introduced a contactless electricity generation method using only practical compressed air and ...

A tiny worm turns static electricity into a powerful weapon, launching itself through the air to catch flying prey.

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

Northwestern University scientists have made a new contribution to understanding a long-standing phenomenon called static electricity. In their most recent research, the researchers found that such ...

Butterflies and moths collect so much static electricity whilst in flight, that pollen grains from flowers can be pulled by static electricity across air gaps of several millimetres or centimetres.

Ticks can be attracted across gaps of air much larger than themselves by the static their hosts naturally accumulate, likely making it much easier for the creatures to latch onto hosts, University of ...

Butterflies and moths collect so much static electricity while in flight, that pollen grains from flowers can be pulled by static electricity across air gaps of several millimeters or centimeters. The ...