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

Four Stanford graduate students — Akshay Rao Ph.D. ’26, Edward Apraku Ph.D. ’26, Jimin Zhou Ph.D. ’26 and Juliet Nwagwu Ume-Ezeoke Ph.D. ’26 — were named Siebel Scholars in recognition of their ...

Static electricity may seem simple. Students often learn that rubbing a balloon against their hair will cause negatively ...

PNW scientists have made a flexible “fabric” that converts body heat into electricity. Heat is energy, and most of the heat we produce — from our bodies, kitchens and cars — just dissipates into the ...

FROM THE PINNACLE OF SPOOKY SEASON. YES, ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER IS HELPING EVERYONE GET INTO THE HALLOWEEN SPIRIT ALL MONTH LONG. WESH TWO MARQUISE MEDA BRINGS US TO THE SCIENCE OF IT. WHAT’S ...

New Curtin research has found the spike proteins of SARS-CoV-2, a strain of coronaviruses that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, become trapped when they come into contact with silicon, gold and copper, ...

The agency will make funding available to research teams looking to solve the scientific challenges underpinning next-generation energy technologies. Energy Research & Development The Department of ...

In a remarkable leap for quantum physics, researchers in Japan have uncovered how weak magnetic fields can reverse tiny electrical currents in kagome metals—quantum materials with a woven atomic ...

Penn’s fifth annual Energy Week will take place from Feb. 10-14, featuring more than two dozen events centered around interdisciplinary climate and energy solutions. Energy Week has been hosted at ...

Researchers analyzed trade-related risks to energy security across 1,092 scenarios for cutting carbon emissions by 2060. They found that swapping out dependence on imported fossil fuels for increased ...

Penn’s sixth annual Energy Week is set to take place from Monday, Feb. 23 to Friday, Feb. 27. Since 2019, the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and the Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and ...