Explore jaw-dropping high-voltage experiments with a Tesla transformer as we test an old Nokia phone, generate sparks, and ...

Watch as we take an Indian village experiment to the extreme, charging a human body with half a million volts using ...

For the first time, a quantum radiation reaction in strong electromagnetic fields has been demonstrated experimentally by allowing electrons to collide with an extremely intense and powerful laser ...

Magnets, how do they work? Although the quantum mechanics behind ferromagnetism are by no means easy, a few simple experiments can give you a good grasp of how magnets attract and repel each other, ...

Magnets, how do they work? Although the quantum mechanics behind ferromagnetism are by no means easy, a few simple experiments can give you a good grasp of how magnets attract and repel each other, ...

In 1845, physicist Michael Faraday provided the first direct evidence that electromagnetism and light are related. Now, it turns out that this connection is even stronger than Faraday imagined. In his ...

Could your aluminum foil hat actually boost certain signals instead of blocking them? A surprising MIT experiment found that, ...

Solar energy is associated with intermittency issues, as it only generates electricity when the sun shines. Certain PV ...

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 ...