In these clips, an electric eel in the lab attacks a dead fish attached to wire, which is shaken to simulate a struggle. The sounds represent the change in voltage level the eel is producing.

More than 200 years after the electric eel inspired the design of the first battery, it has been discovered that they can co-ordinate their "zaps". Researchers working in the Amazon filmed eels ...

In a fascinating turn of nature, Amazon 's electric eels possess the remarkable ability to produce up to 860 volts of electricity—more than sufficient to power typical household devices.

Electric eels are remarkable, snake-like fish with the power to deliver electric shocks to defend themselves, hunt, navigate and even communicate with one another. But how does their amazing ability ...

X Shore's boats don't necessarily look like eels, but the company says they were inspired by electric South American fish. X Shore started taking orders for electric boats in 2018, and now has two ...

Electric eels and fish were used by people in ancient times to treat headaches and mental illness. The practice came back in 1937 when Ugo Cerletti (1877-1963) and Lucino Bini (b. 1908 ...

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Alexius Sutandio/Shutterstock Despite its cute name, the striped-pyjama squid is actually ... while their backs are equipped with a venomous spine. Electric eels aren’t actually eels at all, but fish ...

For more than 60 years we've been answering the objective questions—How fast? How quick? How much grip?—comprehensively, and with an authority based in experience that our readers have come to ...

Oct. 10, 2024 — Researchers have observed electric charges traveling across the interface of two different semiconductor materials. Using scanning ultrafast electron ... Oct. 9, 2024 — Using ...

For more than 60 years we've been answering the objective questions—How fast? How quick? How much grip?—comprehensively, and with an authority based in experience that our readers have come to ...

A technology pioneered by Benjamin Franklin is being revived to build more efficient electric motors, an effort in its nascent stage that has the potential to be massive. A handful of ...