Sixty-five years after it first hit store shelves, the iconic, red-framed drawing toy continues to enchant kids, artists, and ...

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… ...

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

As humans we often think we have a pretty good handle on the basics of the way the world works, from an intuition about ...

Butterflies and moths build up static electricity as they fly, and these charges could allow the insects to collect pollen without touching flowers, according to a new study in the Journal of the ...

But, while static electricity may be cute to think about when petting a cat, sparks can result in industrial fires and explosions. It can also hinder consistent dosing for powdered pharmaceuticals.

MINNEAPOLIS — When someone touches something and gets shocked, it's awkward and a bit painful. What causes static electricity? And what actually happens when you get shocked? Visitors of the ...

Squishy materials reveal new physics of static electricity How objects charge when touched depends on their history, scientists find ...

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 ...

The pollen can travel in air gaps across several millimeters or centimeters this way and using static electricity this way also potentially increases their efficiency and effectiveness as pollinators.

Tech & Science Why petting your cat leads to static electricity It would now appear, according to Northwestern researchers, that nanosized surface deformations are a factor.