Atoms slip against one another, eventually sticking in various combinations. Tectonic plates do the same, sliding across each ...

The friction between the two materials will cause some of the electrons on the carpet's surface to transfer to the rubber. Because rubber is an insulator, the additional static charge will be ...

The upper figure shows the viscoelastic toy model proposed here, characterized by only six independent parameters. Surprisingly, this simple mechanical model produces complicated system dynamics, as ...

The first documentation of static electricity dates back to 600 BCE. Even after 2,600 years’ worth of tiny shocks, however, researchers couldn’t fully explain how rubbing two objects together ...

Incredibly, for the first time, scientists have unraveled how static electricity works, something first recorded in 600 BCE but not fully understood until now. While cats are not the only culprits ...

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ... accumulate static electricity as they fly, most likely through friction with the air,” study co-author and University of Bristol ...

As man voyages farther toward the stars, and faster across the face of his own earth, the instruments by which he steers become vastly more important. And on planes or ships or spacecraft, the ...