Today's computers store information in magnetic hard drives, keeping files safe even when the device is powered off. But to ...

Earth’s magnetosphere, once thought to have a simple electric polarity pattern, has revealed a surprising twist. New ...

Over the millennia, the phenomenon known as electricity has meant different things to different people. In ancient societies, electricity—or more specifically lightning—was inspiration for some of the ...

A bold new initiative aims to bring electricity to 300 million people by 2030, unlocking education, clean water, and ...

By electrically stimulating macrophages, scientists at Trinity College Dublin have found a way to calm inflammation and ...

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Which way does electricity flow through a vehicle’s electrical system? From positive to negative, or from negative to positive? Depending on your viewpoint, it can flow either way. When most people ...

By studying how worms use electric charge to jump onto flies, scientists are showing even physical strategies are embedded in ...

The small motorboat anchors in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. Shrieks of wintering birds assault the vessel’s five crew members, all clad in bright orange flotation suits. One of the crew slowly ...

Electrical engineers design and oversee the development of electrical equipment. They create new technologies and improve existing devices, adhering to client and end-user needs, building codes, and ...

A record-breaking electric truck journey has been staged to prove Australian businesses can and should swap diesel for ...