# what is static electricity

Evolution, knees and static electricity - triple j » What part of our nose do we use to smell? Will climate change effect evolution? Can you re-catch the sickness you gave to someone else? Dr Karl answers these questions and more, on triple j Mornings with host Lucy Smith. Abc.net.au

Static electricity passively attracts ticks onto hosts - PubMed » Most terrestrial animals naturally accumulate electrostatic charges, meaning that they will generate electric forces that interact with other charges in their environment, including those on or within other organisms. However, how this naturally occurring static electricity influences the ecology an … Pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

THEMIS measurements of quasi‐static electric fields in the inner magnetosphere » We show full local time coverage of the equatorial electric field from THEMIS Local maximum occurs near L = 4 during active times in dawn and dusk sectors No clear increased electric field with Kp n… Agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Static electricity attracts ticks to hosts » Ticks can be attracted across air gaps several times larger than themselves by the static electricity that their hosts naturally accumulate, researchers have discovered. Sciencedaily.com

Can Static Electricity on a Conductor Drive a Redox Reaction: Contact Electrification of Au by Polydimethylsiloxane, Charge Inversion in Water, and Redox Reaction » We investigated the static charge generation by contact electrification between Au and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and the redox reaction by the static charge in the aqueous phase, to reveal the mechanism of contact electrification and redox reaction which may be applied to mechanical-to-chemical energy harvesting. First, the static charge distribution on the equipotential Au was probed through Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) in air after the contact with patterned PDMS. Positive charges are localized on the contact areas indicating the ion migration while the polarity becomes negative after water contact. Second, the redox reaction by the charged Au was electrochemically monitored using open circuit potential (OCP), stripping voltammetry, and copper underpotential deposition (UPD). All electrochemical experiments consistently resulted in the reduction of the reactant by the charged Au within the highly dielectric water media. We concluded that the reduction is not driven by the discharge of static charg Pubs.acs.org

Static electricity in the soul » You and I live in a world of friction.  Daily, a person picks up static from others. Eventually, it builds up until negative energy flows from one person and zaps someone else. I imagine you i… Danieljkoren.com