For centuries, static electricity has been the subject of intrigue and scientific investigation. Now, researchers from the ...

The National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, NASA, and other national and regional agencies have funded former research of Peter Mullner. Many modern devices – from cellphones and ...

An Interview ‘Trains’ documentary director Maciej Drygas, who says that locomotive history represents the joy and the sadness ...

Organized hazmat response in the fire service only has been going on for the past 40 years or so. Compared to the history of the fire service, that’s a relatively short time. However, although it wasn ...

A self-described “keeper of objects,” University of Chicago Prof. Theaster Gates brings together materials collected over his artistic career in his first solo exhibition in his hometown of Chicago.

Editor’s note: First-year students, prospective students (and some of their parents) wonder and worry how they will handle the academic transition from high school to college. In a series of stories, ...

From a tiny electric jolt when touching a doorknob to styrofoam peanuts that cling to a mischievous cat's fur -- the well-known and seemingly simple phenomenon of static electricity has puzzled people ...