The ability to conduct heat is one of the most fundamental properties of matter, crucial for engineering applications. Scientists know well how conventional materials, such as metals and insulators, ...

A wild idea has been proposed to generate electric power from Earth’s rotation with the help of magnetic fields. A new ...

Experts warn that "something" in the core of the Earth is causing the magnetic pole to shift. North Pole is shifting toward Siberia and raising concern ...

The Analyzer for Cusp Electrons (ACE) is designed to measure electron activity in the region of the northern magnetospheric ...

Most of the time, the Earth and Sun’s magnetic fields are misaligned, leaving our planet’s field less open to the aurora-causing effects of the solar wind. However, towards the equinox, the two fields ...

The magnetic north pole is not in the same location as the geographic north pole, which is located 1,300 miles away.

The world’s first superconducting planar coil magnet array successfully created and controlled stellarator-relevant magnetic field structuresThe ...

The celestial spectacle may be visible in northern Michigan, Maine, and the nation’s high latitudes, the National Oceanic and ...

By analyzing seismic waves from earthquakes from the 1960s, researchers from Peking University deduced that the Earth's inner ...

Modern digital multimeters (DMMs) are user-friendly, accurate, and safe — when used correctly! Reading voltage is simple, but ...

Watches and Wonders Geneva is right around the corner, which means it's time to take our best guesses at what Rolex will be ...

Equinoxes mark the only time of the year when both the north and south poles are lit by the Sun at the same time. The spring ...