Static electricity often just seems like an everyday annoyance when a wool sweater crackles as you pull it off, or when a doorknob delivers an unexpected zap. Regardless, the phenomenon is much more ...

STOUGHTON, Wis. (WKOW) -- A team of physicists and engineers from UW-Madison reached a milestone in the quest to create a carbon-free energy source. According to a release from the university, the ...

Northwestern University scientists have made a new contribution to understanding a long-standing phenomenon called static electricity. In their most recent research, the researchers found that such ...