When a solid and a liquid come into contact, charged entities on both sides push one another apart. This phenomenon is known as charge separation, and it creates an electric double layer—a layer each ...

Zaps of static electricity are commonplace in everyday life. But can static electricity give enough of a jolt to start a fire? Static electricity is the result of an imbalance between negative and ...

In a remarkable United Nations address, the president lashed out at wind turbines, environmentalists and allies around the ...

The prototype delivered 13 per cent conversion efficiency, which, in simple terms, meant that with the prototype, for every ...

Over the millennia, the phenomenon known as electricity has meant different things to different people. In ancient societies, electricity—or more specifically lightning—was inspiration for some of the ...

Researchers have discovered that the electrical fields and activity that exist through a cell's membrane also exist within and around another type of cellular structure called biological condensates.

Researchers have unveiled an “evapolectric” device that pulls energy from the evaporation of water, producing significantly more electrical power than previous moisture-based energy technologies. The ...