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The first documentation of static electricity dates back to 600 BCE. Even after 2,600 years’ worth of tiny shocks, however, researchers couldn’t fully explain how rubbing two objects together ...

The evolution of static electricity by evaporation was illustrated by pouring water into a small heated vessel placed on the electrometer. This mode ot excitiag electricity possesses peculiar ...

We have known about the phenomenon of static electricity since at least the time of Aristotle. Aristotle credits fellow philosopher Thales of Miletus, who lived between 640 and 546 BCE ...

As long as friction is not reintroduced, static electricity remains at minimum levels. Since static eliminators vary in terms of capabilities, a careful consideration of performance specifications is ...

Whether you fill up your gas tank just once a month or several times a week, safety should be top of mind when you're at the ...

Hold the circle of plastic up high and put the balloon underneath it. Let the plastic go and see if you can make it hover using static electricity from the balloon. If the plastic and balloon are well ...

[Steven Dufresne] of Rimstar.org is at it again with another very functional science experiment. This week he’s showing us how he made a large electrostatic motor, also known as a Corona Motor.

As the weather grows colder and the air drier, static electricity becomes common. Some people experience static shocks more than others, raising concerns about whether these shocks could harm ...

amid slumping sales during the coronavirus pandemic, so it's looking to harness a new power source to jump-start sales: static electricity. The company's next-generation Accutron Spaceview 2020 ...

But screens and source devices such as Blu-ray players and game consoles are generators of heat and static electricity—in other words, they’re dust magnets. It’s important to spruce them up ...