Discover the fascinating world of static electricity through simple balloon experiments. You'll learn how static charges build up through friction, how they attract or repel objects, and see everyday ...

(WJHL) Jon Krukelberg and Krissy Worth with Hands On! Discovery Center show us some fun activities using static electricity. For more information visit www.visithandson.org.

The film explores the concept of electricity, demonstrating how it can be generated through simple experiments such as rubbing different materials together. It explains the basics of electric currents ...

Static electricity—specifically the triboelectric effect, aka contact electrification—is ubiquitous in our daily lives, found in such things as a balloon rubbed against one’s hair or styrofoam packing ...

The paper, recently published in the journal PNAS, found that roundworms can use static electricity to leap up to 25 times ...

But new research shows there’s another force working to their advantage: static electricity. At human scale, static electricity is little more than a curiosity. You walk across the carpet, friction ...