The spark that transfers a charge from one carbon particle to another, generating lightning and possibly life itself, is finally understood.

There’s a shocking lack of understanding of the physics underlying this commonplace phenomenon, but researchers are on the ...

The familiar phenomenon has puzzled researchers for centuries, but experiments are finally making sense of its unruly behaviours.

If you’ve ever felt a shock after rubbing your hair with a balloon or shuffling across a carpet, you’ll know that static electricity can be a real pain. But for the scientists who study it, the pain ...

Two microscopic grains collide and produce a tiny spark. This phenomenon may have provided the energy to kick off life on Earth. But if these solid particles have the same composition, what factor ...

Seemingly random charging of identical materials depends on the carbonaceous molecules stuck to their surfaces ...

When particles in volcanic ash cloud rub together, some pick up positive charge and others negative – now physicists have ...

The Winnipeg Jets are needing extra time to get points these days during a playoff push, but the points are trickling in. All four Winnipeg contests since returning from the Olympic break have gone to ...

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There were plenty of Bolts to track on Thursday at the 2026 Winter Olympics in preliminary men’s hockey play, and they filled the scoresheets throughout the day. The action started with a multi-point ...

The numbers barely seem real. Nikita Kucherov is producing at a pace that belongs in a hockey video game, stacking points at a rate that has left the rest of the league struggling to keep up. The ...