While we go about our days the Earth is constantly rotating through its own magnetic field. Now, experts claim it is possible to harvest clean energy from this natural rhythm.

A research paper by scientists at the University of Macau proposed a novel multi-section magnetic soft robot maneuvered by an associated collaborative multirobot navigation system with magnetic ...

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

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For nearly two centuries, scientists have wondered if Earth’s rotation through its magnetic field could produce electricity.

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Tiny magnetic "flowers" engineered by physicist Anna Palau are redefining how we manipulate magnetic fields. These ...

A flower-shaped structure only a few micrometers in size made of a nickel-iron alloy can concentrate and locally enhance ...

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 ...