You might have heard of electrets being used in microphones, but do you know what they are? Electrets produce a semi-permanent static electric field, similar to how a magnet produces a magnetic field.

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A century after Nikola Tesla sketched a turbine with no blades, researchers are now using that same counterintuitive design ...

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There's been a lot of talk of capturing the energy we create while doing every tasks (such as typing on your cell phone or rolling your suitcase) to power things. While it seems like these actions ...