Researchers have discovered that ferroelectric fluids can harness an overlooked transverse electrostatic force (TEF) to rise over 80 mm, without magnets or high voltages. By exploiting the fluid’s ...

This study introduces a newly optimized triangular-finger electrostatic comb-drive actuator designed to significantly enhance force intensity and travel range within a compact footprint.

Researchers at Kyoto University have proposed a new physical model that explores how disturbances in the ionosphere may exert ...

As space junk continues to multiply around our planet, threatening satellites and space missions, a new breakthrough proposes a non-contact solution that uses electrostatic forces to gently move ...

Chalmers researchers have developed a simple, light-based platform to study the mysterious “invisible glue” that binds materials at the nanoscale. Gold flakes floating in salt water reveal how quantum ...

With mass spectrometry imaging, chemists can create maps of the locations of biological molecules within tissues and cells. Unfortunately, the dominant imaging methods that exist today often require ...

Ask most robots to pick up an egg and you end up with… a broken egg. But this pair of automated fingers uses an incredibly delicate thin film and some simple physics to grasp fragile objects with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artistic impression of the Electrostatic Tractor during an Earth encounter. (CREDIT: Fabio Annecchini & Dario Izzo) A dead ...

This is the first study to demonstrate electricity generation via the particulate static effect by using a Tesla turbine structure. The proposed device can be operated solely with practical compressed ...