And while cats are not the main culprits of creating this static electricity, their fur is an ideal conductor. Northwestern University researchers have been working on the elusive mystery of how ...

Anyone who has ever pet a cat or shuffled their feet ... connected," Marks said. Although static electricity can cause funny mishaps, like hair standing on end after going down a playground ...

Motions like petting generate static electricity. For the first time, researchers at Northwestern University say they understand how the phenomenon occurrs. “If you put your hand on a cat ...

Last week under the same circumstances there was a third explosion. Deduction: static electricity from the fighty cat’s fur ignited the lethal gas. Authorities considered having the Grand Rapids ...

Static electricity—specifically the ... found in such things as a balloon rubbed against one's hair or styrofoam packing peanuts sticking to a cat's fur (as well as human skin, glass tabletops ...

Anyone who has ever pet a cat or shuffled their feet across the carpet ... “Sliding and shear are intimately connected,” Marks said. Although static electricity can cause funny mishaps, like hair ...

drawing a parallel with stroking a cat although the findings have far wider ramifications. Static electricity was first observed in 600 BCE. Yet for many years modern researchers have struggled to ...