The design of the circuit established the usage of Field Effect Transistors (FET) , as a precise detector of static electricity. It detects the invisible fields of voltage encircling every item ...

There's been a lot of talk of capturing the energy we create while doing every tasks (such as typing on your cell phone or rolling your suitcase) to power things. While it seems like these actions ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Unhappy with the life of your smartphone battery? Thought so. Help could be on the way from one of the most common, yet poorly understood, forms of power generation: static electricity ...

Sometimes when you touch something metal, you can get a little electric shock, even if it’s not connected to a power source. And it’s all because of static electricity. Static electricity is a build ...

Introduction Have you ever wondered why rubbing a balloon or a blanket—or even a winter hat—on your head makes your hair stand up? The effect is due to static electricity, but how is the static ...

As humans we often think we have a pretty good handle on the basics of the way the world works, from an intuition about gravity good enough to let us walk around, play baseball, and land spacecraft on ...