After centuries, researchers have an answer for how rubbing a surface — say for example, a loved kitty — creates electrical ...

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For the first time, scientists explain how rubbing a surface creates electrical current. Researchers at Northwestern ...

We have known about the phenomenon of static electricity since at least the time of Aristotle. Aristotle credits fellow ...

Researchers have long been puzzled by the phenomenon of static electricity generated by rubbing objects together. After more ...

Study discovered that sliding creates different forces at the front and back of objects. This causes uneven charges and ...

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