Although the basic concept of electrostatic attraction has been known since ancient times, it was only in the 17th century that scientists began to systematically investigate electrostatics. One of ...

We tend to think of electricity as part of the modern world. However, Thales of Mietus recorded information about static electricity around 585 BC. This Greek philosopher found that rubbing amber with ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Typically Science Central is the place for kids to learn and have fun. However, on Friday, November 3 the facility turns into an adults-only venue. Executive director Martin ...

Sparks about to fly: Part of the experimental apparatus, showing the sample at the bottom and the counter-sample above it moments before the two come into contact. (Courtesy: Felix Pertl) Static ...

IN the August number of the Scientific American, there is a short account of the new electrostatic generator which is being built by R. J. van de Graaff at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Otto von Guericke — statesman, scientist, and engineer — was born in 1602 in the town of Magdeburg (Germany) along the Elba river in Prussian Saxony. He studied law at the University of Leipzig, and ...

School may be out for the summer, but children and adults found plenty to learn about Wednesday at the Swedish Days Festival in Geneva. The event runs through Sunday Dozens of families converged on ...