Earth Charge. Since 1917 scientists have known that the earth’s surface is charged with negative electricity, but no one knew for sure what keeps it charged. In areas of fair weather ...

Smartphones, electric vehicles and wind turbines rely on environmentally destructive rare earth mining operations. Harnessing ...

Rare earth elements used in smartphones and electric vehicles could be extracted from the ground more sustainably using electric fields. Today, most rare earth metals used in electronics are mined ...

New research led by Monash University geologists suggests that electric currents generated within the earth play a role in their formation. The researchers noted that pure gold is often found in ...

Discover how Earth's ambipolar electric field shields us from cosmic threats, influences atmospheric evolution, and could ...

As the earth wire has virtually no resistance, a large current flows. This causes the fuse to blow, preventing any further current flow. A fuse provides a built-in fail-safe to the electrical ...

In Doug Aitkens cinemascopelike walkin multisectioned video installation the public is transported into the atmosphere of an airport by night A flaming car and an abandoned shopping cart ...