Seemingly random charging of identical materials depends on the carbonaceous molecules stuck to their surfaces ...

Static electricity may seem simple. Students often learn that rubbing a balloon against their hair will cause negatively ...

A strictly esque large metal ball with a handle that you turn to generate static electricity. Pop your hands on the ball, and ...

The familiar phenomenon has puzzled researchers for centuries, but experiments are finally making sense of its unruly ...

A microscopic layer of environmental carbon solves a long-standing mystery about static electricity's true origins.

There’s a shocking lack of understanding of the physics underlying this commonplace phenomenon, but researchers are on the ...

The original story “ Physicists solved a decades-old mystery about static electricity ” is published in The Brighter Side of ...

A curious dog discovers and reacts to static electricity, creating playful and amusing moments.

If you’ve ever felt a shock after rubbing your hair with a balloon or shuffling across a carpet, you’ll know that static ...

More than a year after the hyperbaric chamber explosion that led to the death of 5-year-old Thomas Cooper, the criminal case ...

A growing body of research is shifting how scientists explain static electricity, pointing to surface contamination and ...

Ron Adelberg The air hummed with static electricity on Saturday February 28th, the second night of Everyone Orchestra’s two-night run at Ardmore ...