For more than a century, engineers have chased new ways to turn the planet’s natural motions into usable power, from tides to ...

Zoltan Fodor receives funding from DFG, BMBF. When the results of an experiment don’t match predictions made by the best theory of the day, something is off. Fifteen years ago, physicists at ...

A magnetometer is a device that measures magnetism: the direction, strength, or relative change of a magnetic field at a ...

Our protective blanket helps shield us from unruly space weather. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Earth's magnetic field — also ...

In the blink of an eye in geological time, Canada has lost one north pole but gained another, a new and different claim to be ...

Magnetic fields play an important—if sometimes underappreciated—part in planetary systems. Without a strong magnetic field, planets can end up as a barren wasteland like Mars, or they could indirectly ...