Scientists have recently discovered an interaction between an electromagnetic wave and its own magnetic component as it ...

Nearly two centuries after Michael Faraday first showed that magnetism can twist light, physicists have gone back to that classic experiment and found a hidden piece of the puzzle. By teasing out a ...

Today we celebrate the birthday of scientist Michael Faraday (1791-1867). What comes to mind when you think of Faraday? The Faraday cage, of course! But like many other 19th scientists generally ...

In 1845, Michael Faraday discovered what’s known today as the Faraday Effect—which describes how light and electromagnetism ...

Michael Faraday, despite his initial background as a chemist, made significant contributions to the understanding of electricity and magnetism. Faraday's self-education, beginning with an ...

Known as the “father of electrical engineering,” you probably know Michael Faraday is most famous for his contribution to the field of electromagnetism. Sept. 11, 2017 Known as the “father of ...

On the latest episode of "Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey," program host Neil de Grasse Tyson focused on 19th century British scientist Michael Faraday, whom we can thank for much of the technology we ...

The annual Christmas Lectures at the Royal Institution in London are, well, something of an institution in the UK. Established in 1825, the name perhaps most associated with them is Michael Faraday, ...

Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 50, No. 1 (Jan., 1996), pp. 65-74 (10 pages) In 1824 Michael Faraday was an established member of the scientific community in London, but it was ...