Back in 1832, the celebrated British physicist, Michael Faraday, carried out a set of experiments designed to answer a tantalizing question: could electricity be generated by Earth's rotation through ...

The future of navigation will integrate quantum sensors to enhance location accuracy (via Earth's magnetic and gravitational fields), improve orientation (via quantum gyroscopes), and enable superior ...

But how do magnetometers work, and how is the information they gather useful? Many planets and moons, and all stars, generate ...

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 ...

The company has developed an ultra-sensitive atomic magnetometer which can detect weak magnetic fields generated by the body, with previously untapped applications for healthcare and biomedical ...

This, in turn, affects convection in the outer core—the dynamo-like process that generates the magnetic field that protects life on Earth from harmful cosmic rays. "Flow in the outer core drives ...

The Finnish Meteorological Institute forecasts high chances of seeing the northern lights in Finland this week, with the best ...

Most of the time, the Earth and Sun’s magnetic fields are misaligned, leaving our planet’s field less open to the ...

A Compass in Earth's Orbit Earth’s magnetic field, called the magnetosphere ... Whether it’s GPS, star trackers, or onboard magnetometers, space agencies have developed extremely reliable ways to ...

SQUIDs are the most sensitive magnetometers currently available and have found applications in various fields, including ... the detection of deep and subtle magnetic anomalies, aiding in the ...