You've probably been surprised by the shock of static electricity before, but have you noticed that it happens more during ...

The most visible result of this is when those charges are released—often in the form of a sudden spark. Since it forms so easily on common materials, humans have been aware of static electricity ...

There it goes! A spark forms as the electrons jump across the gap. And that’s why you sometimes get a static electric shock. Objects can be charged by friction. Over time, the charge that builds ...

Unlike most Tesla coils, [Teodor]’s design is able to run with a fairly low input voltage because it doesn’t use a static spark gap like most Tesla coils. Instead, his coil uses a relay in ...

It’s just an urban legend, circulated via e-mail as early as the late 1990s, claiming that the microwaves emitted from mobile phones could generate a spark that could ignite petrol fumes.

He said it's not the cellphone, but static sparks created when drivers rub themselves on the car that cause most of these fires. A lot of times, the drivers talk on their phones when the spark ...