Although the basic concept of electrostatic attraction has been known since ancient times, it was only in the 17th century that scientists began to systematically investigate electrostatics. One of ...

IN the August number of the Scientific American, there is a short account of the new electrostatic generator which is being built by R. J. van de Graaff at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Typically Science Central is the place for kids to learn and have fun. However, on Friday, November 3 the facility turns into an adults-only venue. Executive director Martin ...

In a potentially revolutionary development for renewable energy, a team of physicists has successfully demonstrated the generation of electricity using the Earth’s rotational energy. This breakthrough ...

I don’t have any frog legs on my testbench. But that’s because I don’t live in the late 1700s (which is probably a bit obvious since you are reading this online). Back in the day, though, in place of ...