A tiny worm turns static electricity into a powerful weapon, launching itself through the air to catch flying prey.

Researchers have discovered that ferroelectric fluids can harness an overlooked transverse electrostatic force (TEF) to rise over 80 mm, without magnets or high voltages. By exploiting the fluid’s ...

News organizations may use or redistribute this image, with proper attribution, as part of news coverage of this paper only. Fig. 2. Geometric representation of a charged dust particle positioned ...