From a tiny electric jolt when touching a doorknob to styrofoam peanuts that cling to a mischievous cat's fur -- the well-known and seemingly simple phenomenon of static electricity has puzzled people ...

Static electricity affects everyday life in familiar ways—the shock from touching a doorknob, a balloon sticking to a child’s ...

A recent breakthrough in photothermal actuator design has been achieved by a research team from the Hefei Institutes of ...

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The work could be a step toward understanding the effects behind the phenomenon of static electricity, in which electric charge accumulates on materials after they are rubbed or touched together.

Now scientists at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have identified a critical factor explaining that ...

Researchers have developed a freely available droplet microfluidic component library, which promises to transform the way ...

Boston University researchers created a droplet microfluidic component library, enabling quick and affordable device ...

Researchers investigate granular triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) using close-packed polymer bead monolayers, optimizing ...

Our biomimetic skin phantom is made of two layers that capture the nuances of both the skin’s surface and deeper tissues.