New research shows that ticks can use static electricity to latch onto people or animals. The study in the journal Current Biology says the static charge given off by potential hosts can attract ticks ...

Ticks can be attracted across gaps of air much larger than themselves by the static their hosts naturally accumulate, likely making it much easier for the creatures to latch onto hosts, University of ...

The study group consisted of 40 healthy individuals (medical students and healthcare professionals) aged between 18 and 30 years, attending the School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki ...