According to scientists, this ambipolar electric field is thought to be just as crucial to Earth as both gravity and ...

For over half a century, scientists suspected a quiet but powerful electric field might be influencing Earth’s upper ...

Now Chyba and co have shown that such a conductor can extract electrical energy directly from Earth's rotation through its own magnetic field. Their experiment is relatively simple. It turns out that ...

Experiments suggest an unusual magnetic material could help harness energy from Earth’s rotation. But not everyone is ...

Likewise, a wire passing through a magnetic field creates an electric current within the wire. This is the basic principle that allows electric motors and generators to operate. In the Earth (see ...

In a world chasing cleaner energy, a group of physicists may have uncovered a surprising new way to make power: by tapping ...

Over the past decade, members of the team have been toying with the idea of generating electricity using the Earth's rotation ... the generation of an electric field. The researchers wondered ...

NASA has confirmed the existence of a long-hypothesized electrical field called the "polar wind," which explains how Earth's atmosphere escapes above the north and south poles. The discovery was ...

We may be starting to get a grasp on what kick-started life on Earth – and it could help us search for it on other planets ...

For over half a century, scientists suspected a quiet but powerful electric field might be influencing Earth’s upper atmosphere. Now, thanks to a daring rocket mission near the North Pole ...