Quantum materials just got a major jolt. Dutch researchers have shown, for the first time, that ultra-narrow strips of germanene, the lesser-known cousin of grapheme, have their quantum states ...

NASA’s Endurance mission has finally confirmed a planet-wide electric field long suspected but never measured. Known as the ...

A new method using a combination of strong and weak electric fields to change nanoparticle speed and direction could improve ...

Bottlenose dolphins possess impressive senses, not least of which is their bat-like ability to echolocate — or blast soundwaves to detect prey and other objects. Dolphins are also known for their ...

I’ve already made the argument that numerical models (using computer code) should be an integral part of the introductory physics course. But what if you don’t know where to start? Suppose you are ...

An international group of researchers has pinpointed the sensor plants use to sense electric fields. A beneficial side effect: their work could contribute to the understanding of how the Ebola virus ...

Some animals have evolved an ability to detect the invisible electrical fields that fill the world around us. This seemingly alien power is well known in aquatic animals as electroreception, but it is ...

The brain -- awake and sleeping -- is awash in electrical activity, and not just from the individual pings of single neurons communicating with each other. In fact, the brain is enveloped in countless ...