Winter temperatures and low humidity cause static electricity in clothes. Learn how to prevent static cling without using dryer sheets or fabric softener.

For the fourth time, President Donald J. Trump has proposed eliminating the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), an independent body that investigates the causes of significant ...

A concrete sphere project off the coast of California, StEnSea style storage, acts as an underwater battery for renewable energy storage.

Static electricity can remove up to three-quarters of frost from a surface, which could save vast amounts of energy and millions of tonnes of antifreeze currently used to defrost vehicles. In 2021, ...

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) said last week that it is deploying a team to investigate the fatal explosion that occurred on October 10, 2025, at the Accurate Energetic ...

Not all states have gotten hit equally hard. The reasons are complex. By Brad Plumer Harry Stevens and Rebecca F. Elliott Millions of Americans have watched with dismay as their electricity bills have ...

Over the past few months, Americans have looked aghast at their rising electricity bills — in New Jersey, for example, prices have risen 19 percent just in the last year — and found one clear ...

Artificial intelligence has developed rapidly in recent years, with tech companies investing billions of dollars in data centers to help train and run AI models. The expansion of data centers has ...

At first glance, it’s a wonder that jumping parasitic nematodes exist at all. To reproduce, these minuscule creatures—roughly the size of a pinpoint—hurl themselves up to 25 times their body length to ...

Static electricity can be a small annoyance for humans—a zap when you touch a doorknob, your hair shooting up when you pull off a sweater—but for small organisms, it can be a lifesaver. Static helps ...

Researchers wanted to quantify how much charge a jumping parasitic roundworm needed to latch on to its fruit fly host.Credit...By Victor M. Ortega-Jimenez Supported by By Alexa Robles-Gil For small ...