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Solving the 250-year-old puzzle of how static electricity works
You may think you know static electricity, but its true nature has long eluded scientists. We鈥檝e now made a huge leap towards finally figuring it out
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You may think you know static electricity, but its true nature has long eluded scientists. We鈥檝e now made a huge leap towards finally figuring it out
The soft metal bismuth may be a wonder material for electronics 鈥� particularly because of one surprising behaviour it displays when exposed to magnetic fields