Physicists discover topological behavior of electrons in 3-D magnetic material An international team of researchers led by scientists at Princeton University has found that a magnetic material at room temperature enables electrons to behave counterintuitively, […]
For The First Time, Scientists Have Accelerated Electrons in a Plasma Wave For the first time, scientists have figured out how to accelerate electrons using protons passing through plasma. That’s a big deal, because it […]
NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft finds that ‘stolen’ electrons enable unusual aurora on Mars Auroras appear on Earth as ghostly displays of colorful light in the night sky, usually near the poles. Our rocky neighbor Mars has […]
Space missions locate whistling space electrons’ origins Scientists have long known that solar-energized particles trapped around the planet are sometimes scattered into Earth’s upper atmosphere where they can contribute to beautiful auroral displays. Yet for […]
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that shining a nanosecond pulsed laser at the base of a 100-µm-long diamond needle can significantly enhance electron emission from the tip of the needle. The ability to […]
NASA mission uncovers a dance of electrons in space You can’t see them, but swarms of electrons are buzzing through the magnetic environment—the magnetosphere—around Earth. The electrons spiral and dive around the planet in a […]