Nick Zetta, who runs Basically Homeless YouTube channel, turned himself into a battery using thermoelectric generators. Zetta ...

News celebrated National Weatherperson's Day on Wednesday with Mad Science of Central Virginia by trying out some ...

Static charge builds up on the Van de Graaff generator dome. Many different individual demos can be done with it. The Van de Graaff can be used to charge up the hair of a Barbie doll or person. When ...

He wanted to add a Van de Graaff generator ... to get the electrostatic motion, [James] had to resort to spraying the balls with RF shielding spray. We liked that he did some experiments to ...

This electrostatic machine will spark from the round discharge electrodes when the crank is turned steadily. The crank rotates Plexiglas wheels that have small metal discs on them. Redistribution of ...

The team had already observed adhesion due to electrostatic charge in previous drop tower experiments. Because only about nine seconds of measurement time in microgravity were possible there ...