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

When microscopic particles of sand, ash, or dust collide in the air, they often exchange a tiny electrical charge. This tiny ...

A growing body of research is shifting how scientists explain static electricity, pointing to surface contamination and ...

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

Northwestern University scientists have made a new contribution to understanding a long-standing phenomenon called static electricity. In their most recent research, the researchers found that such ...