Static electricity may seem simple. Students often learn that rubbing a balloon against their hair will cause negatively ...

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

When microscopic particles of sand, ash, or dust collide in the air, they often exchange a tiny electrical charge. This tiny ...

The original story “ Physicists solved a decades-old mystery about static electricity ” is published in The Brighter Side of ...

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

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 ...

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

Superheroes and TV have gone hand in hand since the 1950s. While most TV series focused on white superheroes’ exploits, their Black counterparts weren't allowed the same opportunities. Most Black ...

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 ...

Nikolas Draper-Ivey called Static’s new costume the Static Beyond “Shutdown Suit” on social media. “After an encounter with a mysterious new antagonist (SHUTDOWN) that has the ability [to] drain ...

Virgil Ovid Hawkins, better known as superhero Static Shock, first graced the pages of Milestone Comics’ Static #1 in June 1993. The character was created by Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Derek Dingle ...