Scientists say fungi produce electrical patterns similar to the human language, sparking interest in their underground ...

Over the millennia, the phenomenon known as electricity has meant different things to different people. In ancient societies, electricity—or more specifically lightning—was inspiration for some of the ...

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When high-voltage electricity breaks out in open air, it rips through the atmosphere, forming chaotic, branching fingers of ...

A microscopic layer of environmental carbon solves a long-standing mystery about static electricity's true origins.

The small motorboat anchors in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. Shrieks of wintering birds assault the vessel’s five crew members, all clad in bright orange flotation suits. One of the crew slowly ...

Modern technologies, including wind turbines, solar energy, geothermal systems, fuel cell technology, and alternative energy systems, are at the core of finding new ways to harness energy without ...

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It took just a 9-volt battery and a little brain zapping to turn science writer Sally Adee into a stone-cold sharpshooter. She had flown out to California to test an experimental DARPA technology that ...

Electrical troubles don’t always present in a way that leads intuitively to the root of the problem. Semi-skilled technicians can do more harm than good with improper electrical repairs. It takes more ...