Tag Archives: electricity/electric charge

Dolphin dimples detect electricity

By Stephen Ornes / August 10, 2011
Dolphins

Depressions in a dolphin’s snout sense electric fields, may help find dinner

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Cold, colder and coldest ice

By Stephen Ornes / February 25, 2010

Electric charge can change the temperature at which water freezes.

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Weaving with Light

By Emily Sohn / October 11, 2007

By weaving tiny crystals into fabrics, a new technology is lighting up the night for people who lack electricity.

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