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

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Hold the circle of plastic up high and put the balloon underneath it. Let the plastic go and see if you can make it hover using static electricity from the balloon. If the plastic and balloon are well ...

[Steven Dufresne] of Rimstar.org is at it again with another very functional science experiment. This week he’s showing us how he made a large electrostatic motor, also known as a Corona Motor.

Several experiments ... electricity was collected by an insulated metal plate, it served, after a few repetitions, to charge a small Leyden jar, by which gunpowder wus fired. The evolution of ...

Credit: public domain Though not exactly a machine for generating static electricity, the Leyden jar is a critical part of early electrostatic experiments. Effectively a static electricity storage ...

To make the experiment more interesting find out ... build up on the surface of the balloon. This is called static electricity. The electrons have the power to pull light objects (with a positive ...

Students in Muscatine got an opportunity to learn about Ag and STEM today at the Muscatine Ag Learning center. The yearly ...

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

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

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

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