Static electricity is so commonplace that it can come across as simple. Other teams are investigating how surface area and velocity during impact might govern charge transfer, and how the breaking ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Video footage shows about 40 minutes into his hyperbaric oxygen treatment at Troy's Oxford Center, 5-year-old Thomas Cooper moved ...

Static electricity is so commonplace that it can come across as simple. Rub a balloon against your head, and the transfer of charges will make your hair stand on end. Shuffle your feet on a carpet, ...

TROY, Mich. — Immediately before fire erupted in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber where 5-year-old Thomas Cooper was receiving treatment in late January, the boy's knee may have touched the mattress, ...

A microscopic layer of environmental carbon solves a long-standing mystery about static electricity's true origins.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Residents across the Suncoast are experiencing an unusual phenomenon this week: frequent static electricity shocks when touching car doors, petting animals or grabbing shopping ...