Static electricity often just seems like an everyday annoyance when a wool sweater crackles as you pull it off, or when a doorknob delivers an unexpected zap. Regardless, the phenomenon is much mor… ...

Static electricity was first observed in 600 B.C., but researchers have struggled to explain how rubbing causes it. In 2019, Northwestern researchers discovered nanosized surface deformations at ...

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Lead author Dr Sam England explained: "We knew that many animals naturally accumulate static electricity on their bodies as they move around their environment, and that static electricity can push ...

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Butterflies and moths collect so much static electricity whilst in flight, that pollen grains from flowers can be pulled by static electricity across air gaps of several millimeters or centimeters.

Why do I keep shocking everything I touch? Excess static electricity is always a shock to the system— literally —but if you're experiencing shocks more so than not, annoying is an understatement.

To identify factors associated with static electricity generation during coffee grinding, Hendon teamed up with volcanologists who study similar electrification processes during volcanic eruptions.

Static electricity is harmless most of the time, but if you are electrically charged and touch something conductive, you pass that charge on. If you touch metal, you pass the electricity to the metal.

Static electricity was first observed in 600 BCE. Yet for many years modern researchers have struggled to explain how rubbing causes it.