The first documentation of static electricity dates back to 600 BCE. Even after 2,600 years’ worth of tiny shocks, however, ...

Anyone who has ever pet a cat or shuffled their feet across the carpet knows that rubbing objects together generates static ...

For the first time, scientists explain how rubbing a surface creates electrical current. Researchers at Northwestern ...

After centuries, researchers have an answer for how rubbing a surface — say for example, a loved kitty — creates electrical current ...

Anyone who has ever pet a cat or shuffled their feet across the carpet knows that rubbing objects together generates static ...

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