Dear Tom, I have a big problem with static electricity in the winter. Mark Campbell, Chicago Dear Mark, The water content of the air is the issue. Static electricity results from charge separation … ...

Static electricity can trigger a fire at the gas pump, so be careful to touch metal or the car door with your hand before using the pump. (Image credit: stevecoleimages via Getty Images) ...

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Flying insects build up electric charge as they move through the air (SN: 10/31/22). It’s the same effect that causes electricity to collect on droplets of mist in clouds, and ultimately leads ...

Could detecting static electricity be a factor in explaining why treehopper insects have evolved such bizarre body shapes? That is the hypothesis put forward in a new research paper published in PNAS ...

Butterflies and moths collect so much static electricity whilst in flight, that pollen grains from flowers can be pulled by static electricity across air gaps of several millimeters or centimeters.

Ticks, like this castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus), might sometimes make the jump to hosts thanks to static electricity. W.alter/Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) By Soumya Sagar ...

Static Shock A great example, touching a metal doorknob and then suddenly, ZAP! Well, electricity always moves through circuits and wires. When you plug something, it moves through the wire to ...

The researchers also decoded what causes the static electricity effect at the nanoscale for what they believe is the first time, and came up with a way to harness the somewhat chaotic process to ...