Door handles, taps, playground slides, furry pets… Getting zapped by static electricity is a common experience. But the physics that causes the spark is surprisingly intricate. If you’re getting ...

Static electricity is something we are all familiar with, and many of us have probably experienced as children rubbing a paperweight against something and making our hair stand on end. When two ...

Ancient Greeks discovered that when animal fur and amber were rubbed together, the fur could be used to attract feathers, glass dust and other lightweight objects. It wasn’t until 1600 AD, however, ...

Could detecting static electricity be a factor in explaining why treehopper insects have evolved such bizarre body shapes? Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. That is the ...

That title might be a touch misleading. We’re not here to talk about why to convert shapes between static and dynamic. Rather, I want to talk about why you should NOT be doing this. Every design has ...

For IT professionals used to working with traditional file systems for their entire careers, object-based storage is like a whole new dimension they never knew existed. The concept of object storage ...