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 ...

Static electricity is a ubiquitous part of everyday life. It’s all around us, sometimes funny and obvious, as when it makes your hair stand on end, sometimes hidden and useful, as when harnessed by ...

WICHITA, Kan. — An explosion last year at an area Barton Solvents distribution plant was most likely caused by a static spark from a loosely held measuring float, investigators said Thursday. Such ...

On Sept. 9, Austin Cochrum, a 2002 graduate of The Woodlands High School, was filling up his truck at a local gas station when a chain of events resulted in second-degree burns to his left arm and ...