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 ...

Static electricity is the buildup of an electrical charge on the surface of an object. Lightning is the most dramatic and potentially lethal example of static discharge. A far more benign illustration ...

Door handles, taps, playground slides, furry pets… Getting zapped by static electricity is a common experience. But the ...

We've all tussled with a skirt that wouldn't stop wrapping around our backside and legs (revealing every bump and bulge!) or a shirt that delivers the shock of one's life or even that hat that makes ...

The first documentation of static electricity dates back to 600 BCE. Even after 2,600 years’ worth of tiny shocks, however, researchers couldn’t fully explain how rubbing two objects together causes ...

Rubbing two balloons together leads George to a shocking discovery. If you rub two identical balloons together, they both pick up a static charge. This strange and unexpected behavior has been ...

It’s all about static electricity on Tuesday’s Life.Style.Live! with Rick Crosslin, Scientist in Residence for MSD Wayne Township. He demonstrated how static electricity is created and discussed the ...

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 ...

Engineers are well informed about the need for appropriate HVAC systems in rooms that contain IT servers for mission critical facilities. The consequences of interruption of information transfer in ...

Jan. 9 is National Static Electricity Day. All things in the universe are made up of atoms. These atoms have a positive charge in their center, or nucleus, and negative charged particles, called ...

Student hosts and scientists explore the shocking magic of static electricity hands-on. HudsonAlpha’s Neil Lamb and student host Sophia are feeling electric as they explore the “magic” of static ...

It's that time of year, at least where I'm currently at, where static electricity becomes an issue and I have to pay attention to it. Without a humidifier, the indoor humidity levels crater into the ...