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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/coreyspowell/statuses/113773328569928019">Corey S Powell (coreyspowell@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 05-Jan-2025 22:18:50 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@coreyspowell" title="coreyspowell@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/32826-48-20221119233213.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Corey S Powell" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Corey S Powell</a></section><article><p>A new study offers deeper insight into an age-old physics question: Why does petting your cat lead to a buildup of static electricity?</p><p>(Even better, the result is relevant to all friction-related static charge.)</p><p><a href="https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2024/september/why-petting-your-cat-leads-to-static-electricity/" rel="nofollow">https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2024/september/why-petting-your-cat-leads-to-static-electricity/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/physics" rel="tag">#physics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cats" rel="tag">#cats</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nature" rel="tag">#nature</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4315996#notice-8437603">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-01-05T22:18:50+09:00" title="Sunday, 05-Jan-2025 22:18:50 JST">about 4 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@coreyspowell/113773328569928019" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@coreyspowell/113773328569928019">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3846720">Foam peanuts clinging to a cat's fur due to static electricity. The electric field of the charged fur causes polarization of the molecules of the foam due to electrostatic induction, resulting in a slight attraction of the light plastic pieces to the fur.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/773/327/201/917/982/original/eb4e7ef9502da633.jpg" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/773/327/201/917/982/original/eb4e7ef9502da633.jpg</a></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: news.northwestern.edu</div><h5><a href="https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2024/september/why-petting-your-cat-leads-to-static-electricity/">Why petting your cat leads to static electricity</a></h5><div> from <span>@NorthwesternU</span></div></header><div>For the first time, researchers explain how rubbing a surface creates electrical current</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Corey S Powell (coreyspowell@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 05-Jan-2025 22:18:50 JST Corey S Powell
A new study offers deeper insight into an age-old physics question: Why does petting your cat lead to a buildup of static electricity?
(Even better, the result is relevant to all friction-related static charge.)
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2024/september/why-petting-your-cat-leads-to-static-electricity/ #science #physics #cats #nature
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  For the first time, researchers explain how rubbing a surface creates electrical current

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