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Scientists developed a new model, which shows that rubbing two objects together produces static electricity, or triboelectricity, by bending the tiny protrusions on the surface of materials. Most ...

You don’t need to touch a tick for it to find you, a new study suggests. The blood-sucking parasites may be able to catapult themselves from vegetation to their hosts thanks to static electricity.

Researchers created an electrically tunable quantum nanoscale corral that traps charged excitons and enables precise electrical control of tiny light sources, including their brightness, color and ...

Birds do it. Bees do it. Even butterflies and moths do it. As lepidopterans flutter their wings, friction with the air causes them to accumulate static electricity — enough to potentially pull pollen ...

Medical technology innovations achieved by integrating science and medicine have improved the quality of life for patients. Especially noteworthy is the emergence of electronic devices implanted in ...

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Don’t you hate in the winter time when someone comes up to you and “shocks” you? In this week’s Sunday Science Tidbit, we’re going to talk about static electricity. Static electricity is the result of ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN — If you've been left with a sore finger after reaching for a doorknob this winter, suffering from a sharp static electricity shock, you're not alone. Erica Carlson, 150th ...

The electrostatic rod can change the motion path of the free-falling raindrop, causing the raindrop to be either attracted or repelled away. These phenomena prove that electrostatic fields are a ...

Zapping someone with your finger is sure to elicit a lot of laughs when you’re 11, but static electricity is one of those things that loses its magic with age. After all, it’s the bane of good hair ...