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These demonstrations about laws and tools associated with electricity and magnetism allow you to adjust variables at and to visualize invisible forces — which makes them almost better than the real thing.
Seeing is believing. In these animations, we show you what electricity and magnetism might look like if they weren't invisible.
Learn about electricity and magnetism — and have some fun while you're at it!
How do Maglev trains work? What are comets made of? How do bugs walk on water? This section demonstrates these and other concepts related to magnetism, electricity and other areas of science.
Whether you prefer your science short & sweet or long & detailed, we spell it out for you here in easy-to-understand language.
Read fun science stories told in comic strip style.
There is beauty and art in science. Gaze on these stories of discoveries that could be featured on museum walls instead of scientific journals.
Explore these surprising, unconventional and sometimes downright strange stories about high magnetic field research.
These special science graphics explain science stories in digestible steps and include optional detours for readers wanting more background to customize your reading journey.
Get to know these pioneers who went down in history for their groundbreaking work, including scientists behind common terms such as Amp, Celsius, Kelvin, hertz and tesla.
From the world's first compass to the magnetic force microscope and beyond, explore a variety of instruments, tools and machines throughout history.
Our timeline takes you through the highlights of electricity and magnetism and across the centuries.
Take a field trip to these high magnetic field landmarks around the globe.
Every time you plug something into the electricity in your house, you are utilizing the power of alternating current (AC.)
A capacitor is similar to a battery, but a few key differences make them crucial additions to many machines.
The invention of the magnetic compass radically changed the way humans navigated from place to place. Travelers could orient themselves even when the …
This simple direct current (DC) motor has been created by pairing a permanent magnet and an electromagnet. The permanent magnet is called a stator bec…
When a permanent magnet is moved inside of a copper wire coil, electrical current flows inside of the wire. This important physics phenomenon is calle…
Metals conduct electricity because their atoms have free electrons that can move between them. As those free electrons move through the metal conducto…
Why can some materials be turned into magnets? It’s all thanks to magnetic domains.
Whenever current travels through a conductor, a magnetic field is generated.
One can create a stronger, more concentrated magnetic field by taking wire and forming it into a cylindrical coil, called a solenoid.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging machines, commonly known as MRIs, are awesome diagnostic tools for medical applications and research. Relying on strong sup…
Mass spectrometers are instruments that give scientists insight into the composition of complex materials. These spectrometers can analyze materials a…
Mass spectrometers are instruments that give scientists information on the composition of a material. Mass spectrometers can pick apart complex substa…
In 1820, Hans Christian Ørsted discovered the relationship between electricity and magnetism in this very simple experiment.
The Van de Graaff generator is a popular tool for teaching the principles of electrostatics. You might remember it as the thing that made your hair st…
