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Scientists unlock vital clue to strange quirk of static electricity

Scientists can now explain the prevailing unpredictability of contact electrification, unveiling order from what has long been considered chaos. Static…

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Environment

EVs and datacentres driving new global ‘age of electricity’, says watchdog | Energy industry

The world’s electricity use will grow every year by more than the amount consumed annually by Japan because of a…

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A pair of scissors sitting on my table (formica top) suddenly burst into flames. No heat source, electricity, or battery nearby. No contact with anything but the table. I suspect some sort of chemical reaction between the handles and the table occurred. Any ideas?

No picture of the fire because I had to put it out! The scissors were normal paper scissors only used…

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World

Making an invisible electric wire: Guiding electricity with sound

Electric sparks are used for welding, powering electronics, killing germs or for igniting the fuel in some car engines. Despite…

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Environment

Rising electricity demand could mean more fossil fuels – for now » Yale Climate Connections

Transcript: Cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and new manufacturing plants are creating a fast-growing demand for electricity. Janous: “So we have…

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World

Generating electricity from tacky tape

Zaps of static electricity might be a wintertime annoyance, but to certain scientists, they represent an untapped source of energy.…

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Tech

Chevron Wants to Tap Into A.I. Boom by Selling Electricity to Data Centers

The artificial intelligence boom has turbocharged demand for electricity, and everyone who is anyone in the U.S. energy industry wants…

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Environment

‘Rising star’: Europe made more electricity from solar than coal in 2024 | Europe

Europe made more electricity from sunshine than coal last year, a report has found, in what analysts called a “milestone”…

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