Staticky hair is common in winter, because we wear more fabric around our heads—rollneck jumpers, hats—but that's only half ...

The Discovery Center Museum is offering an engaging experiment using styrofoam beads and a balloon, demonstrating how ...

TATP is one of the world’s most unstable explosives. It is highly sensitive to heat, friction, impact and even static electricity, making it dangerous to manufacture or transport.

Investigators are increasingly suspecting triacetone triperoxide (TATP), dubbed 'Mother of Satan,' in Monday's car blast near Red Fort. This highly un ...

Car tyres are black today due to the addition of carbon black, a substance that significantly enhances rubber's performance ...

Come winter and it is common phenomenon to see your hair become very dry and devoid of moisture, so much so, that they become ...

Rubbing a balloon on hair causes static electricity. Electrons transfer, giving the balloon a negative charge and the hair a ...

A European research team involving Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) and Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY has developed a novel way for converting mechanical energy into electricity – by ...

Researchers found that cycling water in nanopores of water-repellent silicon can convert mechanical energy into measurable electricity. (Nanowerk News) A European research team involving scientists ...

A European research team involving scientists from DESY and Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) has developed a novel way for converting mechanical energy into electricity – by using water ...

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 ...