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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 ...

Solar panels use the photovoltaic effect to turn sunlight into power. It's not magic, but it's surely magical. You already know that solar panels turn sunlight into electricity. But how? It almost ...

Electric Works announced Friday that it is commissioning a 40,000-square-foot mural on the façade of its west side parking garage. It would be the campus’s largest public art project to date, a news ...

When you rub a balloon on your hair to make it float and cling, you might not think of it as one of the deepest – and strangest – mysteries of science. When you reach out to open a door and your ...

A piece of public art is poised to become the largest and most expensive mural in the city when it is installed at Electric Works this summer. Australian artist Damien Mitchell will create a ...