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 ...

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

Do you know that conducting science experiments at home is one of the effective ways to spark an interest in the subject? Yes ...

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, ...

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

[Steven Dufresne] of Rimstar.org is at it again with another very functional science experiment ... He’s done other high voltage experiments that take advantage of this, like his Ion Wind ...

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

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

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 ...

The static electricity they accumulate by flying ... among electric fields radiating from flowers. Since then, more experiments have documented that spiders, ticks, and other bugs can perform ...