Now scientists at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have identified a critical factor explaining that ...

For centuries, static electricity has been the subject of intrigue and scientific investigation. Now, researchers from the ...

Motions like petting generate static electricity. For the first time, researchers at Northwestern University say they ...

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 ...