A water droplet sliding down a leaf can acquire enough electrical charge to punch a microscopic hole even through a ...
Scientists are largely clueless about the origins of static electricity. A quirky group of researchers aims to change that.
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine, for a moment, that you’re a honeybee. In many ways, your world is small. Your four delicate wings, each less than a centimeter ...
A tiny worm that leaps high into the air — up to 25 times its body length — to attach to flying insects uses static electricity to perform this astounding feat, scientists have found. The journal PNAS ...