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

Static electricity often just seems like an everyday annoyance when a wool sweater crackles as you pull it off, or when a doorknob delivers an unexpected zap. Regardless, the phenomenon is much more ...

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 ...

Harvard University technologists have designed a small aerial bot. The flying robot uses static electricity to adhere to the underside of a leaf and to rest on other materials. The flying device has ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Ticks are annoying. They can latch onto a host, suck up blood and leave Lyme disease behind... but how do they get on their host in the first place? Researchers at the University ...

Static electricity is one of the most common, yet poorly understand, forms of power generation. A new study suggests the cause of this hair-raising phenomenon is tiny structural changes that occur at ...

In nature we can see some incredible things, including watching lightning strike across the sky! Lightning starts in clouds. Within these clouds there are positive and negative charges that usually ...

Insects have been known to sense and tap into electric fields, but new research shows that swarms can actually produce atmospheric electric charges. By measuring the extent of this influence, the ...

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - From lightning strikes to light bulbs, it’s always exciting to see electricity at work. Even regular tasks like combing your hair, taking off a blanket or sweater can cause a ...

Engineers at the University of Delaware have uncovered a way to bridge magnetism and electricity through magnons—tiny waves ...

With spring break either right around the corner, or wrapping up for many, it can be hard to focus on school, but Science Central proves learning can be fun! Executive director of Science Central, ...