Jonathan McRae

More research required.

Aidan, thank you very much.

And that's it from us on this week's episode.

Thanks to producer Aidan McCovey, Rory Galvin, who was on podcast, so just slow down there for a second, and Hugo de Silva-Scott on sound.

We'll be back with more future proof in your podcast feed.

on Tuesday.

In the meantime, stay curious.

Future Proof Extra with Jonathan McRae.

Proudly supported by Research Ireland on Newstalk.

Welcome back to Future Proof on Newstalk.

I'm Jonathan McRae.

Now, if you've been listening to this program at all over the last 15 years, you'll know that electricity is not my strong point.

But static electricity is just about simple enough for me to get my head around.

We all understand that if I rub a balloon against my hair, charge will be exchanged and the balloon will stick to things afterwards because of the difference.

Now, I'm just reading this from a script.

I don't understand it.

We're going to have to start with the very beginnings.

But it's quite interesting, actually.

Scott Y. Toukaitis is assistant professor at the Institute of Science and Technology in Austria in Klosterneuberg.

Klosterneuberg, sorry.