Electricity means the presence or motion of electrical charge. When the charge is moving from its source (origin) to sink ...

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Rub a balloon on your hair and the balloon typically picks up a negative electric charge, while your hair goes positive. But a new study shows that the charge an object picks up can depend on its ...

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