Static electricity may seem like a trivial annoyance — think of the crackle when you brush your hair or the shock after touching a doorknob. But its effects go far beyond everyday life.

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This is the moment when I understood that I actually know nothing about static electricity. I performed that last experiment on May 7, 2025, at 11:36 AM. And then I got kind of busy.

Dust is always floating around in the air, but when it settles, static electricity can draw it to wooden surfaces, leading to a rapid build-up of dirt, hair, and other particles.

Today, human society is powered by the artificial electricity generated by turbines, nuclear reactors, and photovoltaics. But the very first investigations into the wonders of electricity were ...

We have. It seems to happen all the time. But why is that? We explore what static electricity is, why you can get a static shock from your car, and what you can do about it.

Although static electricity is a daily phenomenon, scientists still don’t understand how the charge transfer works. The phenomenon is important for everything from lightning storms to pollination.

The mechanism that causes static electricity to build up is a mystery. Experiments now reveal that materials ‘remember’ past contacts with each other — and this determines how electric ...