Honeybees flying over a sensor measuring atmospheric voltage sparked a look into how insect-induced static electricity might affect the atmosphere.

Through the years, scientists have been wondering why and how static electricity happens. The new study might have the answers why petting your cat leads to it.

Bees have a more intimate relationship with electricity than you might expect. They sense changes in electric fields to navigate to flowers. Static charges play a role in helping pollen stick to them.

The first documentation of static electricity dates back to 600 BCE. Even after 2,600 years’ worth of tiny shocks, however, researchers couldn’t fully explain how rubbing two objects together ...

Researchers at RMIT University have discovered a way to create electricity from Styrofoam. Traditionally considered a major pollutant, Styrofoam is also apparently a surprising source of renewable ...

Shelter Rock students rubbed balloons on rabbit pelts to generate a static charge in a lesson on electricity.

"We've studied which plastic generates more energy and how when you structure it differently." Scientists develop game-changing technology that turns Styrofoam into electricity — here's how it ...