static electricity
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Electric Ecology: How Animals and Plants Use Static Electricity to Stay Alive
When you hear the word “electricity”, thoughts of power lines or household appliances are probably conjured up in your mind. But electricity is not just a modern human phenomenon – it was around long before us and, in fact, long before planet Earth. “Electricity” simply refers to the interactions between any electrically charged objects, not…
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How Australian Scientists Are Driving Down The Cost Of Nanotechnology With Static Electricity
This time two years ago we still didn’t quite know how static electricity works. Now scientists have harnessed static electricity to control chemical reactions for the first time, in a breakthrough that could bring cleaner industry and cheaper nanotechnology.