Purdue University physics professor Erica Carlson explains why static electricity is worse in winter and offers practical ...

How does static electricity work? Learn more about these electrical chargers and how they may have been a key to life.

Winter static has never looked this dramatic.

Static electricity forms through friction when people move throughout their day. Clothes rub together, shoes scrape against ...

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.

Scientists at Northwestern University may have figured out why walking on carpet in your socks, petting your furry friend, or rubbing a balloon on your hair creates static electricity. In a new study, ...

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 millimetres or centimetres.

A tiny worm turns static electricity into a powerful weapon, launching itself through the air to catch flying prey.

Northwestern University scientists have made a new contribution to understanding a long-standing phenomenon called static electricity. In their most recent research, the researchers found that such ...

As humans we often think we have a pretty good handle on the basics of the way the world works, from an intuition about gravity good enough to let us walk around, play baseball, and land spacecraft on ...