creating a current of static electricity. This explains why petting fur or shuffling along a carpet can lead to a light zap. Anyone who has ever pet a cat or shuffled their feet across the carpet ...

Anyone who has ever pet a cat or shuffled their feet across the carpet knows that rubbing objects together generates static electricity. But an explanation for this phenomenon has eluded ...

Anyone who has ever pet a cat or shuffled their feet across the carpet knows that rubbing objects together generates static electricity. But an explanation for this phenomenon has eluded ...