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 ...

The world's first device to control weeds using static electricity, co-developed by a Japanese university professor and two ...

Ticks can't jump or fly onto their hosts, but static electricity gives them a boost, researchers have found.

MINNEAPOLIS — When someone touches something and gets shocked, it's awkward and a bit painful. What causes static electricity? And what actually happens when you get shocked? Visitors of the ...

While bees get most of the pollination hype, butterflies and moths are some of our planet’s power pollinators. While in flight, they collect so much static electricity that pollen grains from ...

A recent study published in Current Biology examines how ticks use static electricity to find hosts to acts as parasites, also known as parasitism, and use this static electricity to carry them to ...

Scientists have finally figured out the core mechanism behind static electricity. First discovered in 600 B.C., the underlying physics behind this phenomenon have been a mystery for thousands of ...

Rubbing two balloons together leads George to a shocking discovery. If you rub two identical balloons together, they both pick up a static charge. This strange and unexpected behavior has been ...

Scientists in the UK have found evidence that some ticks use static electricity to help them latch onto hosts without the need for direct contact.