Light has always been described as an elegant partnership of electric and magnetic fields, yet for nearly two centuries ...

Military leaders have been warning of the fragility of GPS for years and researchers have been working on a variety of solutions, from quantum clocks to inertial navigation. The Air Force is adding a ...

Magnetism is a natural force, one that works at a distance. Magnets get their force from magnetic fields created by the atoms within the metal. Magnets are useful for things like turbines we use to ...

An international team of astronomers, led by SRON, has observed a sudden outburst of matter near the supermassive black hole ...

Picture yourself standing at the Geographic North Pole with a compass in your hand. You'd expect that trusty needle to point ...

India's first solar observatory Aditya-L1 played a key role in helping scientists decode why the strongest solar storm in ...

One of the common modes of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) is Magnetic force microscopy (MFM). As indicated by the name, SPM is used to map magnetic properties. On the nanoscale, MFM probes local ...

A technology that converts weak magnetic fields generated around power transmission lines into electricity has been developed by a domestic research ...

The U.S. Air Force, concerned that adversaries might target its fleet of GPS satellites in wartime, is looking into Earth’s magnetic field as an alternative, according to Defense One.Accurate and ...

Soft robots are prized for their agility and gentle touch, which makes them ideal for traversing delicate or enclosed spaces ...