So, I want to make a small hand-operated electric generator with my kids just to kind of show them how this kind of thing works. I understand the basics, but there are some things I want to do that I ...

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 ...

We were always amused that one of the biggest scientific discoveries of the recent past — graphene — was started with pencil lead and Scotch tape. Now, researchers at the University of Alabama in ...