In simple terms, static electricity is the result of an imbalance of electric charges within or on the surface of a material. While positively-charged protons tend to stay put, electrons ...

The work could be a step toward understanding the effects behind the phenomenon of static electricity, in which electric charge accumulates on materials after they are rubbed or touched together.

Sometimes when you touch something metal, you can get a little electric shock, even if it’s not connected to a power source. And it’s all because of static electricity. Static electricity is a ...

Ouch. You can explain the basic idea of static electricity to a kid fairly easily: rubbing two things back and forth on each ...

The balloon and the plastic must have the same static electric charge. Since objects with the same charge repel each other, the plastic moves away from the balloon. Make a fun toy! Bring the ends of ...

Electrets produce a semi-permanent static electric field, similar to how a magnet produces a magnetic field. The ones in microphones are very small, but in the video after the break [Jay Bowles ...