Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Balloon attracting hair with static electricity The first documentation of static electricity dates back to 600 BCE. Even after ...

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From Van de Graaff generators to flying kites in thunderstorms, scientists have spent centuries playing with the strange effects of static electricity — yet the details of the phenomenon remain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AccuWeather Meteorologist Geoff Cornish explains how static electricity works and why it's so prevalent in winter.

Galien Grosjean was a caretaker of tiny glass beads. He bathed them, gently cradled them with tweezers, placed them delicately in his experimental apparatus. He avoided unneeded jostling at all costs: ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN — If you've been left with a sore finger after reaching for a doorknob this winter, suffering from a sharp static electricity shock, you're not alone. Erica Carlson, 150th ...