Static electricity is a ubiquitous part of everyday life. It’s all around us, sometimes funny and obvious, as when it makes your hair stand on end, sometimes hidden and useful, as when harnessed ...

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 ...

Electricity powers nearly everything we use daily, but what is it really? In this video, we unravel the true nature of electricity, explaining it in simple yet fascinating terms. At its core, ...

So why does it happen? The prevalence of static electricity was all due to the weather, according to David Harris, a physicist and curator of the Physics Museum at University of Queensland.

When he rubbed fur on amber, the amber attracted dust. This seemingly trivial observation was the first documentation of static electricity. For over 2,600 years, scientists have grappled with ...

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