Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. To the uninitiated, electricity might seem like a sort of hidden ...

If you took introductory physics, you learned about the “fundamental forces.” It goes something like this: All interactions are the result of one or more of five basic forces: strong nuclear, weak ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Researchers recently constructed a material capable of generating ...

Incredibly, for the first time, scientists have unraveled the mechanisms at play when rubbing a surface creates an electrical current, something that was first recorded in 600 BCE yet not fully ...

Mishkat Bhattacharya receives funding from the Office of Naval Research. The modern world runs on electricity, and wires are what carry that electricity to every light, television, heating system, ...

Physics research comes with an environmental cost. It can also have many benefits. This ongoing collection brings together articles from Nature Reviews journals about how physicists can contribute to ...