Airborne electric fields similar to those from nearby power lines seem to have a dramatic effect on honeybee foraging, ...

Because humans don’t feel Earth’s electric field, its role in biology is often overlooked ... But most of these “ballooning” events take place on quieter days and can’t explain the ...

When comparing thunderstorms and other weather events with the the bees ... “We only recently discovered that biology and static electric fields are intimately linked and that there are ...

Electric fields at strengths found in nature can also ... according to a newly published report in the journal Current Biology. Ballooning spiders have long fascinated scientists because they ...

This non-uniform electric field wreaks havoc on dividing cells. The electric field tears apart important biological molecules, such as DNA and the structural proteins that pull the chromosomes ...

Co-author Julia Riedl, Louis' student at the time, set off to investigate using a routine technique in biology research: gel electrophoresis, which uses an electric field to push molecules through ...

“We only recently discovered that biology and static electric fields are intimately linked and that there are many unsuspected links that can exist over different spatial scales, ranging from ...

Researchers have now created a new nanomaterial that is capable of both detecting and modulating the electric field. This new material ... of researchers -- from biology to neuroscience to ...

A team of researchers claims to have shown that a high-voltage electric field generated using wind ... means the researchers have limited biological data on the plants. “It cannot lead them ...

Beyond their indispensable role in biology, enzymes are also critical ... debuted a new probe for measuring and visualizing the electric fields inside an enzyme's active site.

Now, a new study out of the University of Rostock (UR) in Germany adds another impressive skill to the dolphin's roster of powers: the ability to sense weak electric fields. Two UR researchers ...