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Nearly 200 years ago, a scientist named Michael Faraday tried experimenting to see whether Earth's magnetic field could help ...

Earth’s magnetic north pole has shifted toward Russia, prompting updates to GPS and navigation systems worldwide. Scientists track this invisible movement to keep technology accurate.

Scientists discovered Earth’s magnetic field is weakening over the Atlantic Ocean, but what does that mean for life on the ...

Our planet's invisible shield is changing in ways that scientists are only beginning to understand. Over the past two hundred ...

In physics and materials science, the term "spin chirality" refers to an asymmetry in the arrangement of spins (i.e., the ...

Physicists at NASA and Princeton generate electricity from the Earth's rotation: could wind energy be our energy source of ...

A new study led by Dr. Dana Alina (Nazarbayev University), with key contributions from NU researchers Adel Umirbayeva, Alua Mukhash, and Danial ...

Materials react differently to electric and magnetic fields, and these reactions are known as electromagnetic responses. In ...

Earth's relationship with space is much more complex than it used to be. Space around our planet was thought to be influenced ...

Daily solar observations gathered for years at the century-old Kodaikanal Solar Observatory have led to a breakthrough ...

MIT professor and plasma physicist Nuno Loureiro was fatally shot in Massachusetts. Here’s what to know about his career and ...