Collaborate Disseminate
The discovery and implementation of alternating current revolutionized the entire world little more than a century ago. Without it, we’d all have inefficient, small neighborhood power plants sending direct current …read more Continue reading Siphoning Energy From Power Lines
Taking a plot point from the 1990 Sean Connery thriller The Hunt for Red October, DARPA is working on a super-silent submarine drive that has no moving parts and provides propulsion through the water using magnets and electricity.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading DARPA launches program in quest for “Red October” silent submarine drive
The famous hoverboards of Back to the Future haven’t quite gotten here yet, but that hasn’t stopped anyone with a unique personal vehicle from using the name any time they …read more Continue reading Hoverboard Rides on Eddy Currents
Researchers have created a new class of robots that can shift between solid and liquid forms on demand. In a series of tests, these new bots could move and change shape to run obstacle courses, carry objects, or even escape from a jail cell like a Term… Continue reading “Robot” made of shape-shifting matter liquefies to escape jail
Carl Friedrich Gauss was, to put it mildly, a polymath responsible for a large percentage of the things we take for granted in the modern world. As a physicist and …read more Continue reading Racing Cars on a PCB
Stars are big hot balls of plasma, but astronomers have now spotted a super strange one that seems to have a solid surface. Its intense magnetic field is strong enough to overcome its blistering temperatures and “freeze” its outer layers into a solid c… Continue reading Bizarre star may have a solid surface, according to X-ray observations
The Earth’s magnetic field is something that many of us may take for granted, since it’s not something we can see, feel or hear. That last point has now changed though, as scientists and musicians have worked together to convert magnetic field data int… Continue reading Listen to the spooky soundscape of Earth’s magnetic field
If you want to maximize the number of trains that can operate along one rail line simultaneously, it’s crucial that you know the exact location of each train at all times. A new system is designed to help in that regard, by analyzing the magnetic prope… Continue reading MAROS tech analyzes rails to precisely geolocate trains
Scientists in China have set a new world record for the strongest steady magnetic field ever generated on Earth. The hybrid magnet managed to produce a field measuring 45.22 Tesla (T), which is over a million times stronger than the planet’s own.Contin… Continue reading World’s strongest steady magnetic field generated in China
Scientists in China have set a new world record for the strongest steady magnetic field ever generated on Earth. The hybrid magnet managed to produce a field measuring 45.22 Tesla (T), which is over a million times stronger than the planet’s own.Contin… Continue reading World’s strongest steady magnetic field generated in China