When you rub a balloon on your hair to make it float and cling, you might not think of it as one of the deepest – and strangest – mysteries of science. When you reach out to open a door and your ...
Could detecting static electricity be a factor in explaining why treehopper insects have evolved such bizarre body shapes? Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. That is the ...
A parasitic worm uses static electricity to launch itself onto flying insects, a mechanism uncovered by physicists and biologists at Emory and Berkeley. By generating opposite charges, the worm and ...