Highly charged heavy ions form a very suitable experimental field for investigating quantum electrodynamics (QED), the ...

A U.S. Geological Survey effort to find underground deposits of clean energy metals has gotten bipartisan support.

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Barbara Scollin and D. Ray Smith bring the 12th part of her story on Kenneth D. Nichols. We learn of the nail-biting effort ...

Magnetoresistive random-access memory, or MRAM, promises to make computers more efficient and powerful, but a few hurdles ...

A controversial new study has claimed that it is possible to generate electricity using the Earth's rotation, its magnetic ...

These numbers demonstrate that quantum sensing applications are moving beyond cutting-edge research and are ready to enter practical deployments in several segments, including automotive and consumer ...

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

In theory, as Earth spins through its magnetic field, any conductive material placed on its surface should experience a force ...

Firefly Aerospace’s successful moon lander has yielded a trove of data that scientists will pore over for years.

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