If one has not seen it for themselves, most individuals have heard of the classic experiment involving rubbing a balloon on the hair and making the balloon stick or having one's hair stand up. Well, ...

MILWAUKEE -- Do you feel like you're a human stun-gun lately? It's all that static electricity! Professor Maria and Dr. Molly Cule with Mad Science join Real Milwaukee to teach us all about it. About ...

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For centuries, scientists have tried to understand triboelectric charging, commonly known as static electricity. Triboelectric charging causes toner from a photocopier or laser printer to stick to ...

Scientists at Northwestern University may have figured out why walking on carpet in your socks, petting your furry friend, or rubbing a balloon on your hair creates static electricity. In a new study, ...

At some point in physics class, your teacher probably rubbed a balloon against his hair and explained static electricity. But what your teacher didn’t tell you—the full story about static ...

The imbalance of charges that takes place with this fun phenomenon typically happens when two different materials come into contact and then are separated. In the experience, one of the materials may ...

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 ...