Have you ever rubbed a balloon on your hair and watched it stick to the wall? That’s static electricity in action!

The paper, recently published in the journal PNAS, found that roundworms can use static electricity to leap up to 25 times their body length. The research focused on a series of experiments using high ...

Ticks can’t jump. But thanks to the forces of static electricity, sometimes, the arachnids can soar through the air, a new study says.

CASCADE, Mich. — Looking for a fun activity to do at home with your kids? This science experiment is fun for all ages and teaches static electricity during the wintertime! Meteorologist Isabella ...

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 ...

Ancient Greeks discovered that when animal fur and amber were rubbed together, the fur could be used to attract feathers, glass dust and other lightweight objects. It wasn’t until 1600 AD, however, ...

"I just came to pump gas. And did anybody know this about pumping?" she asks, before showing a warning label on the pump terminal stall. It reads: "Static hazard while filling portable containers.

You can make clean power from falling snow. No sunlight needed. Scientists at UCLA have figured out how snow can generate ...

The design of the circuit established the usage of Field Effect Transistors (FET) , as a precise detector of static electricity. It detects the invisible fields of voltage encircling every item ...

As humans we often think we have a pretty good handle on the basics of the way the world works, from an intuition about gravity good enough to let us walk around, play baseball, and land spacecraft on ...

On November 1, 2025, in Anhui, China, a young girl experienced a funny moment when her hair stood on end from static electricity while playing on an inflatable slide. The child posed and smiled at the ...