Nearly two centuries after Faraday's failed attempts, scientists have demonstrated that Earth's continuous spin can directly ...

Likewise, a wire passing through a magnetic field creates an electric current within the wire. This is the basic principle that allows electric motors and generators to operate. In the Earth (see ...

Reader Jayant Bhalerao, a college physics instructor, found the story useful in class: “We will share it with our students, so that they can appreciate how ...

According to scientists, this ambipolar electric field is thought to be just as crucial to Earth as both gravity and ...

A controversial device that most scientists said was impossible has successfully generated electricity from the Earth's ...

We have this same problem with electric and magnetic fields. Depending on your reference ... on the motion of the observer—“it’s all relative.” If you measure the speed of a train from ...

Creatures from migratory eels and other fish species to insects to birds tap into the Earth’s magnetic field to navigate, sometimes many thousands of miles. But so far, evidence has been scant for any ...