Ice, a common material, holds mysteries about its electrical behavior, with flexoelectricity potentially explaining ...

In storm clouds, ice does more than just float or fall—it might actually help generate electricity. A new study in Nature ...

The study published last month in the science journal, Nature Physics, explains how ice can produce electricity, similar to ...

Life on Earth may have been shaped and formed on a distant planet, according to a new theory that may change our view of the ...

This image represents the aftermath of a collision between ice and graupel, which is soft hail (at the top). The ice at the top is deformed and a charge is transferred between the particles, ...

This image represents the aftermath of a collision between ice and graupel, which is soft hail (at the top). The ice at the top is deformed and a charge is transferred between the particles, ...

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A new study has found an interesting and, perhaps, important property of ice. It appears to generate electricity when it is bent. Water ice is abundant on Earth, being one of the most widespread ...

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