You probably learned a set of hard-and-fast rules – separate your wash by color; hot water for whites and cold water for darks – that you’ve followed ever since. If formal laundering lessons were not ...

A well-organized Baby Room Decor layout simplifies this process. Position the changing table or feeding station near natural light to promote alertness during mealtime. Incorporate multifunctional ...

A semi-cured gel manicure that you can apply like stickers, an automatic toilet-cleaning system, and retro bath beads are all up for the prestigious (yet fictional) title of "best product ever." View ...

When two materials come into contact, charged entities on their surfaces get a little nudge. This is how rubbing a balloon on ...

Water falls on Earth every day as rain, and now scientists seem to have found a way of using it to create renewable ...

Electrets produce a semi-permanent static electric field, similar to how a magnet produces a magnetic field. The ones in microphones are very small, but in the video after the break [Jay Bowles ...

This is how rubbing a balloon on the skin creates static electricity. Likewise, water flowing over some surfaces can gain or lose charge. Now, researchers have harnessed the phenomenon to generate ...

The new method to generate electricity from rain-like droplets using a plug flow system produces enough power to light 12 ...

We're not just talking about storms and thunderbolts; the mere movement of a plane through the air at high speed generates quite a bit of static electricity through friction. If that energy were ...

Their method uses the principle that when two materials come into contact, charged entities on their surfaces get a little nudge, like how rubbing a balloon on the skin creates static electricity.

much as you can generate static electricity by rubbing a balloon on your hair. The phenomenon is usually an inefficient way of generating electricity because the electric charge is created only on ...

What you are doing is building up a charge from the friction of your feet on a rug, transferring negative electrons and then ...