Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) have made a significant advance in magnetic field measurement. They ...

Entangled atoms, separated in space, are giving scientists a powerful new way to measure the world with stunning precision.

Neutron stars have the strongest magnetic fields in the universe, and the only way to measure their surface magnetic field directly is to observe the cyclotron absorption lines in their X-ray energy ...

The growing strength, use, and complexity of superconducting magnets are leading to an increased need to characterize the fields they produce. Image credit: Shutterstock/3DStach This is a challenging ...

A University of California, Berkeley, geophysicist has made the first-ever measurement of the strength of the magnetic field inside Earth’s core, 1,800 miles underground. The magnetic field strength ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Using 11 years of magnetic field measurements from the ...

Researchers have demonstrated how quantum mechanical entanglement can be used to measure several physical parameters simultaneously with greater precision.

Imagine a satellite, floating in space. How would you measure its voltage? Yes, it probably has a non-zero voltage, a consequence of geospatial electric fields and ion and electron currents. The ...

The new test field includes laboratory and field measurements, allowing PV modules to be evaluated faster and more accurately by combining and comparing indoor laboratory measurement results with ...