Frying a computer component with static is one of those things that very rarely ever happens. Yet it can happen, as I found out recently through personal experience — when building a new PC, I made a ...

You may think you know static electricity, but its true nature has long eluded scientists. We’ve now made a huge leap towards ...

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.

Tiny nematode worms use static electricity to leap into the air, which may help them attach onto flying passers-by, such as bumblebees, and hitch a ride. Caenorhabditis elegans worms measure ...

One such area is static electricity, and the way that it forms within certain materials shows that it can impart a kind of memory to them.

New research shows that ticks can use static electricity to latch onto people or animals. The study in the journal Current Biology says the static charge given off by potential hosts can attract ...

Caterpillars respond defensively to electric fields similar to those emitted by their natural predators, scientists have found.

Static electricity often just seems like an everyday annoyance when a wool sweater crackles as you pull it off, or when a doorknob delivers an unexpected zap. Regardless, the phenomenon is much mor… ...

Dr England added: “Our study shows that it is possible for terrestrial animals to use static electricity as a predator detection cue.

Mites who hitchhike on the beaks of hummingbirds use a surprising method to help them on their journey: electricity. These hummingbird flower mites feed on nectar and live within specific flowers ...

For me, as the saying goes, “once bitten, twice shy” — I’ve learned my lesson. I bought an anti-static wrist strap for around $5 and intend to use it when I work on my PC from now on.

ites who hitchhike on the beaks of hummingbirds use a surprising method to help them on their journey: electricity. Garcia-Robledo studies aspects of the evolutionary and life histories of ...