Static electricity is everywhere, especially in your house. “Everyone has experienced that unexpected shock when folding laundry or touching a metal object in their home,” says John Bell, an ...

MINNEAPOLIS — When someone touches something and gets shocked, it's awkward and a bit painful. What causes static electricity? And what actually happens when you get shocked? Visitors of the ...

Winter brings drier air inside and outside our homes, even in typically humid Southern areas. With less humidity comes static electricity and clothes that cling to your body. You may think the ...

Daniel J. Lacks is in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA. Mamadou Sow is at the Nuclear Safety and Radiation ...