I’ve been thinking about this recently thanks to the fact that, last week, it was announced that the classic hack-and-slash ...

Indeed, the NASA measurements indicate that the ambipolar field enhances the “scale height” of the ionosphere by 271 percent.

To develop spacecraft that can "maneuver without regret," the U.S. Space Force is providing $35 million to a national research team led by the University of Michigan. It will be the first to bring ...

A technology pioneered by Benjamin Franklin is being revived to build more efficient electric motors, an effort in its ...

From the discovery of gravity to the first mission to defend Earth from an asteroid, here are the most important physics ...

A national research team led by the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor has been provided $35 million from the U.S. Space Force to develop spacecraft that can "maneuver without regret." ...

Scientists have used light to visualize magnetic domains, and manipulated these regions using an electric field, in a quantum antiferromagnet. This method allows real-time observation of magnetic ...

AeroVironment says its P550 drone will be able to be adapted in less than five minutes by popping old units out and putting ...

Caila Arahood/U.S. Air Force A new type of military airlifter is rising to the top of the U.S. Air Force’s list of modernization priorities: small, autonomous, electric-powered aircraft capable ...

It turns out the mysterious force is a previously undiscovered global electric field, a recent study found. The field is only about the strength of a watch battery — but it’s enough to thrust ...

During the Age of Sail, ships circled the globe on voyages of discovery and trade. That era ended in the 1800s, when coal-fired steam engines began to replace wind power. Now we may be entering a ...