The growing problem of space junk around Earth could be cleaned up in part using the same forces that give you a static shock when you touch a doorknob on a windy day. By shooting space debris with an ...

Molecular dynamics simulations have become an indispensable tool for understanding the behaviour of complex systems at the atomic scale. These simulations enable researchers to probe the movement of ...

The amazing ability of some geckos to scale smooth walls and cling to ceilings could be primarily a result of contact electrification. That is the claim of researchers at the University of Waterloo in ...

Kaylie L. Young, Matthew R. Jones, Jian Zhang, Robert J. Macfarlane, Raul Esquivel-Sirvent, Rikkert J. Nap, Jinsong Wu, George C. Schatz, Byeongdu Lee, Chad A. Mirkin ...