Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When hair picks up an electrostatic charge, the strands repel each other and stand on end. (Whitney Hayward/Portland Press ...

Scientists chasing thunderstorms in a retrofitted minivan finally captured something never seen before in nature: faint ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have demonstrated a particulate static effect-induced electricity generation technology inspired by the Tesla turbine.

Imagine not having to pay your electricity bills because a gigantic magnet surrounding the Earth produced power. Well, Earth indeed has a magnet like this, which is its magnetic field. When the fiery ...

South Korean scientists build ‘gas battery’ that turns noxious pollutants into electricity - Breakthrough system can generate ...

Researchers have unveiled a new technology capable of turning atmospheric pollutants into a source of electrical energy by ...

Two children meet Curious Cat, an animated cat who asks them if they would like to find out how electricity is generated.

The setup of the ingenious computer that works with tension and springs. Credit: St. Olaf College It has no wires, no silicon ...

Scientists have developed a fuel cell that uses microbes in soil to produce electricity. The device can power underground ...

Static electricity is so commonplace that it can come across as simple. Rub a balloon against your head, and the transfer of charges will make your hair stand on end. Shuffle your feet on a carpet, ...

A stream of compressed air does not look like a power source. In factories, it usually hisses through pipes, drives tools, then disappears as waste. But under the right conditions, that same airflow ...