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 ...

It took 10-year-old Rylie Rodgers three days to come up with the idea of creating a filtration system — and to construct a system using paper cups, straws, cardboard, color ...

With National Science Day approaching, schools and tuition centres often organise competitions and exhibitions to showcase engaging, science-based experiments that never fail to impress. To make your ...

Static electricity shocks are more common in the winter because of the season's dry air. Friction between materials, like socks on carpet, builds up a static charge in low humidity. Using a humidifier ...

Step aside, ice water hash, the pendulum is swinging toward extracts purified by the power of electricity in the mid-2020s. Hash connoisseurs and the mainstream that follows them have made a type of ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — The Discovery Center Museum is offering an engaging experiment using styrofoam beads and a balloon, demonstrating how positive and negative charges interact.

BIG COUNTRY, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Heading into this weekend, we’re expecting a decent cool down thanks to a cold front. This is likely to bring our coldest temperatures of the season so far, with ...

Have you ever rubbed a balloon on your hair and watched it stick to the wall? That’s static electricity in action! Let’s see how you can make tiny pieces of tissue dance using just a balloon and some ...