You may think you know static electricity, but its true nature has long eluded scientists. We’ve now made a huge leap towards ...

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… ...

Scientists have finally explained how rubbing a surface creates electrical current, drawing a parallel with stroking a cat although the findings have far wider ramifications. Static electricity ...

Although static electricity is a daily phenomenon, scientists still don’t understand how the charge transfer works. ... That has made it difficult to draw clear conclusions.

Some moths and butterflies, including the European peacock butterfly pictured here, can accumulate static electricity, new research shows. The charges may be strong enough to draw pollen from flowers.

While bees get most of the pollination hype, butterflies and moths are some of our planet’s power pollinators.While in flight, they collect so much static electricity that pollen grains from ...

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. The same ...