Static cling can be frustrating and possibly even embarrassing—no one wants to leave the house with an extra sock clinging to ...

From a tiny electric jolt when touching a doorknob to styrofoam peanuts that cling to a mischievous cat's fur -- the well-known and seemingly simple phenomenon of static electricity has puzzled people ...

Static electricity affects everyday life in familiar ways—the shock from touching a doorknob, a balloon sticking to a child’s ...

According to Sobarzo’s and colleagues, this problem has been confounded by the diverse array of variables associated with a material’s contact electrification. These include its electronic properties, ...

The work could be a step toward understanding the effects behind the phenomenon of static electricity, in which electric charge accumulates on materials after they are rubbed or touched together.

Now scientists at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have identified a critical factor explaining that ...

Formation of a triboelectric series depends on the number of contacts over time between materials. Formation of a ...

Under the DPDP Act and the recently released draft data protection rules, companies cannot carry out direct targeted ...