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The 2013 Annual Meeting of the Electrostatics Society of America will be held June 11-13, 2013, in Cocoa Beach, Florida.
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When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors!
Lightning Safety Awareness Week: June 23-29, 2013

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News Articles

Anniversary of the Hindenberg Disaster

Union, South Carolina Man Struck By Lightening, Happy to be Alive

Lightning Strikes Plane Heading from Detroit to LaGuardia

North Carolina Gas Workers Burned

Video from National Geographic: The Skin Game; of interest to burn victims

Fuel Barges Explode On Mobile River, Injuring 3 (VIDEO)

Deadly explosion rocks Texas town

Electrostatic Solutions, Ltd. Announces Dates for ESD Protection & Control Seminars 2013

Columbiana County Well Explosion Caused by Static Electricity

Static electricity believed cause of oil well explosion

Image of the Day: What 15,000 volts of electricity looks like through wood

Higgs Boson Discovery Confirmed After Physicists Review Large Hadron Collider Data At CERN

The Mystery of the Hindenburg Disaster Finally Solved?

Hand sanitizer may have ignited hospital fire that hurt girl, 11

Police: Pa. Mom Charged, Let 3-Year-Old Pump Gas

Students build giant Tesla coil that shoots 15-foot sparks to Mario Brothers theme

Bolt from the blue: Lightning strikes St. Peter's after pope's announcement

ELON MUSK: Those 787 Dreamliner Batteries Are Fundamentally Dangerous

Three teens in hospital after Mount Pleasant bonfire mishap

Explosion Forces Shutdown at ADM Plant

Massive Gas Plant Explosion in Mexico

6 children hurt when gas can explodes in Texas

Video clips from “What Destroyed the Hindenburg”

KPS and Durapipe to co-operate on a technology transfer in conductive petrol piping

Exploding phone sets fire to boy's bed

Drove my Chevy to the Bleve !

City warns of cell phone link to cancer

Ten years too late, it’s good riddance to wind farms – one of the most dangerous delusions of our age

Richmond Hill Explosion Near Indianapolis Puzzles Officials, Residents

Fatal Durham, NC hospital fire may have started during defibrillation

Eight Texas Workers Injured in Propane Tank Blast

TSA saves America from 16yo diabetic, breaks $10K insulin pump which totally could have been a bomb

TSA Screenings Update for People with Diabetes

Insulin pumps vs. TSA Security, Air travel update for last Quarter 2012

Today We Celebrate a Woman Who Saw the Future of Computers

Death by defibrillator: FDA called to address hacking risk

Google Throws Open Doors to Its Top-Secret Data Center

You Tube- Gas Tanker Explosion in China Kills Three - FULL VIDEO

Pa. Junior Firefighter Critical Afer Training Mishap

The internet has created a new industrial revolution

"Baby" lightbulb boasts 8 years of light

Thomas Edison did not invent the lightbulb: Hidden Inflections Points

Bill Moggridge, the inventor of the modern laptop computer, dies

No way to prepare for deadly lightning strike, say New Jersey school officials

New in the Maker Shed: Perma-Proto Boards

Picking Resistors for LEDs

Do fish die when lightning strikes the ocean?

Fabric turns body heat into electricity

Lightning Strikes: Recent images of lightning around the world

Backers raise cash for Tesla museum honoring 'cult hero'

The Power Above: Kite Power Seeks High Altitude Power

Hidden Government Scanners Will Instantly Know Everything About You From 164 Feet Away

Electrocutions in the Water Near Docks

How the Higgs Boson Posits a New Story of our Creation

Top 10 of the most dangerous US states for lightning deaths

Scientific phenomena caught behind the lens

2nd boy dies after shock incident in Tennessee lake

Grieving father fights invisible killer: Electrical shock to swimmers

Understanding Electrostatic Ignition Sources- Dr. Jeremy Smallwood's new article in HazardEx Magazine

APNewsBreak: Evidence of 'God particle' found

Caught on Camera: Man plays with lighter near gas pump, sets car on fire

Scientists Twist Light to Send Data: Beams of Light Can Be Twisted and Combined to Transmit Data Dramatically Faster

Geek alert: Apple I motherboard circa 1976 sells for $374,500

Environment exposure tests of Electron Emitting Film for Spacecraft Charging Mitigation (ELF'S CHARM)

Massachusetts Man Catches Fire After Applying Sunscreen

Amazing natural phenomenon – Rainbow and lightning together in the sky

Scientists suspect thunderstorms as climate culprit

New Article on How to Use the Static Bracelets

Paralyzed Woman Powers Robotic Arm With Her Mind

New Terahertz Wireless Connection Faster Than Your Microwave Oven

Electric Imp Will Connect Everything to the Internet

The de/Rastra oscillographic synthesizer will make you wish you hadn't tossed out that old TV set

NVIDIA outs a pair of Tesla GPUs to electrify your supercomputer

Researchers use virus's rogue traits to create electricity from motion

Scientists Tweak Wireless Power Transfer- Telsa Nods Happily in his Grave

Electrical Engineer Can Feel Magnetic Fields Through Magnets Implanted in His Fingertips

Generating Electricity from Viruses

Solar Activity Intensifies

Engineers Build an Electrical Switch for Magnetic Current

75 Years on, Hindenburg Airship Disaster Still Shocks

Nanotechnology Shock Waves

Tiny Electronic Chips Restore Sight to 2 Blind British Men

Image Sensor Implants used as Makeshift Eyes for the Blind

Inside the First Production- Ready Electric Airplane

Explosions Create Split-Second Illusions of Light

New Solar Flare Bursts from the Sun

Taser Electrostatic Discharge Reminder
Avoiding Unintentional Discharge

Russia's Electromagnetic Gun Attacks Central Nervous System

Engineers build an electrical switch for magnetic current

Man Drinks Gasoline from Jar, Lights Up, Dies

Researchers Build First Physical 'Metatronic Circuit'

One and Done: Single-atom transistor is end of Moore's Law

Cell phone- based sensor for detection of E.Coli

Electric Cigarette explodes in Florida man's mouth

Dishwasher fires investigations continue....

Statement from CSB Chairman Moure-Eraso on the Four Year Anniversary of the Catastrophic Imperial Sugar Explosion-Chairman continues to support a combustible dust standard and applauds success of recommendations

More Power Strip Problems The Container Store Recalls Birghtly-Colored Power Strips Due to Fire Hazard -U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Trace Adkins Home Destroyed by Fire caused by Power Strip

Bill Doyle: Treating cancer with electric fields-for additional information please click here: NOVOCURE-An oncology company dedicated to the development of tumor treating fields therapy

Ferroelectric switching discovered in soft biological tissue

Jim Pharr in Discovery Magazine
Spark of Truth: Can Science Bring Justice to Arson Trials

Ever Wonder Why....Voltage Measured by a Static Meter Does Not Fall Off with the Square of the Distance?

Youtube: Criss Angel Mindfreak- Tesla strike

Largest Telsa coils ever will recreate natural lightning

Printing living tissue from an ink jet printer..... What electrostatic issues will we discover are needed?

Static Charge Causes Oklahoma City Car Fire-UPDATE!

ShenZhen BaiXin Science and Technology Static Dischargers
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Our Offer Still Stands Which We Stated on Our Article
We Challenge Wireless Wrist Strap Manufacturers!!!

Gas Tanker Explodes, Burst into Flames in Melbourne, Australia

KPS receives Intrade Innovation Award

Mother of woman burned during surgery says daughter didn't know what happened

iPhone 4 Explodes Midflight on Australian Airline

Laptop Wi-Fi said to nuke sperm, but caveats abound

Detox Foot Baths Investigation-Inside Edition interviews ESD Expert Steve Fowler for this informative story.

Latest Updates on the Kansas Grain Elevator Blast-3 men killed, more bodies expected to be found

Specifying Static-Free Floors

Implantable pacemaker inventor Wilson Greatbatch dies

Dropped Keg Sparks Flash Fire, Hazmat Call

World's smallest motor: 1 nanometer in diameter

Learn More About: Lightning Injuries By Mary Ann Cooper, Christopher J. Andrews & Ronald L. Holle

10 companies recall 2 million bottles and jugs of fuel gel for firepots
See our recent story: Ceramic Fire Pot Candles are Exploding.

Five Killed in Chemical Explosion
August 29, 2011 SEOUL, South Korea
The explosion took place at TK Chemical company in the city of Gumi on Saturday, August 27, 2011.

Gas Station Blast Rocks St. Augustine
Click here for an update on this story
August 19, 2011 St. Augustine, Florida
Major Fire From Fuel Explosion Put Out In 3 Hours; 1 Injured

New Report on fires at US Service Stations

 

New
Technical
Papers &
Press
Releases

Staticworx® Named to the 2012 Inc. 500|5000 List

New Press Release
Exair's USB Data Logger Available for Digital Flowmeter

Press Release
Static Solutions has been awarded the ESD Journal Seal of Approval for Ultimat™ ESD Rubber

Press Release
Treck Product Launched with Satellite into Orbit

New Press Release
Exair's CE Compliant air Nozzles Increase Efficiency and Decrease Overhead

Press Release
MaKey, MaKey turns the whole world into a keyboard

Press Release
Rtp Company Adds Lines to Expand Production facility in Ladenburg, Germany

New Press Release
Safety Air Guns with Chip Shields Protect Operators

New Press Release
NRD Introduces Two New Products to the Staticmaster Line

New Press Release
Dual High Temperature Cabinet Cooler Systems for Large Enclosures

New Press Release
RTP Company Acquires conductive Business from Clariant

New Press Release
Specifying Static-free Floors
- ESD sensitivity and risks for personal safety and electronic equipment- written by Dave Long, President & CEO of Staticworx

New Press Release
Douglas Krantz Expanding Business

New Press Release
KPS is Awarded The Intrade Innovation Award for 2011

New Press Release
Product News: CE Compliant Safety Air Guns Assure Safe Operations

New Press Release
New Product from Exair: Atto Super Air Nozzle for Precise Blowoff

New Press Release
Staticworx Makes Inc. 500/5000 List for Second Consecutive Year

New Product From Desco
DESCO BANANA JACK OUTLET ADAPTOR

New Press
See How the IonCleanse® Can Help to Cleanse and Purify the Body
- A unique use of ions. We at the ESD Journal would say, "unbelievable".

Press Release
New Product from Static Dynamics
New ESD Clip+GP Grounds Shelves, Wrist Straps, and Carts in Seconds

New Press Release from Staticworx:
New Standards Create Need for Safer, Anti-Static Carpet
Introducing ShadowFX

New Press Release From Desco:
WESCORP ESD HI TEMP POLYIMIDE TAPE

New Technical Paper -
TEST METHOD TO ASSESS THE ELECTROSTATIC SUITABILITY OF MATERIALS FOR RETAINED
ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE

 

A Blast
From
The Past

 

Ionisers Created 50 Rainstorms in the Desert Region of Abu Dhabi

Fabric Softener Increases Flammability In Infant Clothes

New Static Friendship Bracelet

Shocking! Electricity to the Skull can Improve Video Game Skills

Static Electricity can play havoc with cochlear implants

Static Shocks on Treadmills

Static Shocks In Supermarkets

Final Report on Measurements of Static Electricity Generated from Plastic Playground Slides

Slides: A Playground Menace

Meet the woman allergic to electricity

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