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Cells do more than carry out chemical reactions. New theoretical work suggests they may also generate usable electrical ...

James Gibert, associate professor of mechanical engineering, and Hongcheng Tao, postdoctoral researcher, observe their test apparatus as it generates an electric charge by rubbing two surfaces ...

Researchers have introduced a contactless electricity generation method using only practical compressed air and ...

Over the millennia, the phenomenon known as electricity has meant different things to different people. In ancient societies, electricity—or more specifically lightning—was inspiration for some of the ...