Most people know the struggle of static build-up when doing household chores. Imagine being excited about a freshly laundered blanket as you take it out of the dryer only to feel a zap on your hands.

"You can even use dryer sheets on upholstered furniture and curtains to reduce static build-up," Ijaz says. Another great trick to get rid of static around your home is to utilize static ...

And it’s all because of static electricity. Static electricity is a build up of electric charge on an object, and it can have some pretty strange effects. See, everything around us is made up of ...

Aircraft and helicopter blades can build up triboelectric charge (called P-static) as a result of air friction. Spacecraft that build up enough triboelectric charge can cause interference with ...