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

A team of physicists at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria has now identified what breaks that symmetry: a thin, ...

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 ...

Seemingly random charging of identical materials depends on the carbonaceous molecules stuck to their surfaces ...

A growing body of research is shifting how scientists explain static electricity, pointing to surface contamination and contact history rather than the inherent properties of materials as the primary ...

A microscopic layer of environmental carbon solves a long-standing mystery about static electricity's true origins.

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 ...

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

School closures due to the coronavirus outbreak mean borderland children are about to spend a lot more time at home. That’s challenging on any number of levels, with many of us wondering what can you ...

Stewart C. Meyer Harker Heights Public Library clerk Heather Heilman leads the virtual Science Time program on Wednesday afternoons, and she always has something new and fun to bring to viewers. This ...

Beth Harris, a Raleigh mom of two, long-time science educator and creator of Fort Kits for Kids, is back with another easy experiment you can do at home with your kids. Beth Harris, a Raleigh mom of ...