An international team of scientists, led by Olaf Scholten, professor of astrophysics at the University of Groningen, has ...

Scientists have accidentally uncovered a surprising behavior in commercial airplanes: they emit radio waves when they release ...

Static electricity is an imbalance in the amount of positive and negative charges found with in the surface of an object. The sudden flow of static electricity or Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can ...

As in the title, this happened the other day when I touched my computer's side panel (Antec P183 case). Reading about this phenomena on the net has been almost comical, with individuals who claim to ...

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 ...

There's a reason you may notice it more in the winter. Excess static electricity is always a shock to the system—literally—but if you're experiencing shocks more so than not, annoying is an ...

Fueling a car the wrong way can be hazardous to your health, as just a few innocent mistakes can cause a dangerous flash fire sparked by static electricity. He’d never seen a gas pump fire sparked by ...

Sebastian Deffner is affiliated with the Department of Physics at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). Static electricity is a ubiquitous part of everyday life. It’s all around us, ...