For centuries, static electricity has been the subject of intrigue and scientific investigation. Now, researchers from the ...

China and the US face similar challenges — rising electricity demand from data centers and manufacturing.

Now scientists at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have identified a critical factor explaining that ...

A newly identified part of a brain circuit mixes sensory information, memories, and emotions to tell whether things are familiar or new, and important or just 'background noise.' ...

Researchers analyzed data from 857 patients across 36 fMRI brain imaging studies and mapped a common brain circuit for creativity.

For the most part, the electricity market in the U.S. is highly regulated, built on assumptions that were formed when ...

The work could be a step toward understanding the effects behind the phenomenon of static electricity, in which electric charge accumulates on materials after they are rubbed or touched together.

Scientists have found a way to turn wasted heat into clean electricity more efficiently than ever before. Their new TPV ...

The overhaul of US science kicked off within hours of Trump’s inauguration on 20 January, when he signed dozens of executive ...

Anyone who has sat through a third-grade science class knows there are three primary states of matter: solid, liquid and gas.

The cost of electricity could double or treble in the next few years. But don't blame this on solar and wind , now the cheapest sources of energy.