All subatomic particles have intrinsic physical properties, such as mass, spin and charge. Charge is what comes into play when we talk about static shocks. It is either positive or negative. Each ...

Objects can become positively charged or negatively charged. This is called static electricity. Find out more with BBC Bitesize. For students between 11 and 14.

The number of times an object had previously touched another determined whether the object became negatively or positively charged when touched again, researchers report in the Feb. 20 Nature.

"Because like-charged objects in a vacuum are expected to repel regardless of whether the sign of the charge they carry is positive or negative, the expectation is that like-charged particles in ...

The material with extra electrons will have a net negative charge and the other object will be positively charged. If I suspend the plastic from a string, I can see the interaction between the two ...

Protons have a positive charge. Electrons have a negative charge. The charge on the proton and electron are exactly the same size but opposite. Neutrons have no charge. Since opposite charges attract, ...

According to the research, the webs and positively charged objects -- like, say, insects flying by -- seem to be attracted to each other. Electrically attracted to each other.

These electrons can then pull light and positively charged objects! Moving an aluminum can with static electricity (WMBF) DEMO 2: Levitating Plastic Bag. You’ll need a plastic bag and scissors.

One object becomes positively charged and one becomes negatively charged. If you are really curious, you can look up the two materials in the triboelectric series. From this, ...

By measuring the charge that remains on the conductor, Möller notes that it is possible to detect the presence of the positively-charged object without making electric contact with it. Since this ...