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Static electricity has baffled scientists for centuries. Can new research solve the puzzle?

This familiar phenomenon has puzzled researchers for centuries, but experiments are finally making sense of its unruly behaviors

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March 29, 2026 | 12:00 PM UTCUpdated 1h ago

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