What if we could use Styrofoam to create electricity? Scientists at RMIT University have figured out how to do just that.

Before we look at the fancy science gear ... Leyden jar is a critical part of early electrostatic experiments. Effectively a static electricity storage device, it was independently discovered ...

These spinning bats are another simple Halloween science activity using simple materials. You'll need a straw or pencil, ...

His lab experiments revealed precisely that. Webs deformed instantly when jolted with static from flies, aphids, honeybees, ...

Static electricity often just seems like an everyday annoyance when a wool sweater crackles as you pull it off, or when a doorknob delivers an unexpected zap. Regardless, the phenomenon is much ...

The innovative thin patch, made from multiple layers of polystyrene each around one-tenth the thickness of a human hair, ...

An invention made from waste polystyrene that generates static electricity from motion and wind could lower power usage by ...

The invention comes from researchers at Australia's RMIT University and was developed in collaboration with Latvia's Riga ...

This seemingly trivial observation was the first documentation of static electricity ... electric shocks can have big consequences. Further experiments will help refine the details.

Researchers have found an inventive way to power air conditioners using static electricity—by transforming waste polystyrene ...