The paper, recently published in the journal PNAS, found that roundworms can use static electricity to leap up to 25 times ...

A parasitic worm uses static electricity to launch itself onto flying insects, a mechanism uncovered by physicists and ...

A tiny worm that leaps high into the air—up to 25 times its body length—to attach to flying insects uses static electricity ...

By studying how worms use electric charge to jump onto flies, scientists are showing even physical strategies are embedded in ...

For a recent paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers investigated the odd physics of a ...

Microscopic parasitic worms use static electricity to pull themselves toward flying insects, turning physics into a powerful ...

Chemists have discovered tiny zaps of electricity moving between “swamp-gas” bubbles. Could they ignite methane gas to glow as dancing blue flames?

Flashes of microlightning between microscopic bubbles of methane in water may ignite the eerie blue flames of will-o’-the ...

Imagine a world without the glow of your screen, the hum of your fridge, or the instant communication across continents.

Of course, every new infrastructure comes with risks. Railways reshaped labor markets. Electricity created safety and ...

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