Scientists have observed "coronae" on treetops for the first time, confirming the phenomenon occurs in the wild.

The electrical energy generated by thunderstorms can make our hair stand up, and even create invisible sparkles on trees. Now, we have photographic proof of this long-theorized electrical event for ...

Scientists report the first field observation of a rare electrical phenomenon that has eluded scientific confirmation for ...

Henry, a fourth-grader at Pioneer Elementary, did a scientific experiment as part of the school’s science fair by growing bacteria in petri dishes from swabs taken from a toothbrush, toilet seat, ...

Singapore’s government is channeling significant public funding into technologies that can generate electricity from falling ...

Thunderstorms can generate weak electrical discharges on the plants underneath, but until now, they had never been observed in nature ...

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For the first time, researchers have observed and measured weak electrical discharges, known as coronae, on trees during thunderstorms. A new study describes the near-invisible sparkles appearing ...

Conventional electronics process information leveraging the electrical charge of electrons. Over the past few decades, some ...

A couple of years ago, self-described “professional mad scientist” and undisputed YouTube legend Drake “Styropyro” Anthony uploaded a video featuring various experiments performed with the crazy ...

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Unintentional catch is a big reason that more than a hundred shark species are threatened with extinction. Yet creating a small electric field around fishing hooks using cheap inputs — zinc and ...