Static electricity often just seems like an everyday ... At the bottom roller, plastic in this example, a comb or brush (called the lower electrode) is placed very close to the belt.

“We've studied which plastic generates more energy and how ... The researchers also decoded what causes the static electricity effect at the nanoscale for what they believe is the first time ...

Hold the circle of plastic up high and put the balloon underneath it. Let the plastic go and see if you can make it hover using static electricity from the balloon. If the plastic and balloon are well ...

Now, scientists have developed an ingenious way to recycle polystyrene – by converting its static electricity into usable power. The invention comes from researchers at Australia's RMIT ...