Feel like your car is constantly giving you a little zap of static shock every time you get out? You're not alone.

From a tiny electric jolt when touching a doorknob to styrofoam peanuts that cling to a mischievous cat's fur -- the well-known and seemingly simple phenomenon of static electricity has puzzled people ...

Microfibers were invented by Japanese textile company Toray in 1970, but the technology wasn’t used for cleaning until the late 1980s. The key, as the name suggests, is in the fiber: Each strand is ...

Static electricity affects everyday life in familiar ways—the shock from touching a doorknob, a balloon sticking to a child’s ...

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.

DOI: Soft and Complex Materials research group at ISTA In the lab at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA): First author Juan Carlos Sobarzo measures how identical samples exchange ...

Now scientists at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have identified a critical factor explaining that ...

Heat styling tools such as blow dryers, straighteners, and curling irons use a lot of electricity and damage your hair in the ...

One of the key advantages of silk pillowcases is their ability to prevent hair breakage. Cotton pillowcases create a lot of ...