Beta Technologies' Alia electric aircraft finished a three-month experimental deployment with the U.S. Air Force that included a simulated casualty evacuation at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia. (Beta ...

Beta Technologies' Alia electric aircraft completed a three-month trial with the U.S. Department of Defense at Eglin Air Force Base, involving various missions and assessments by Air Force pilots. The ...

NASA scientists have discovered a third global energy field around Earth. Known as the ambipolar electric field, this force drives charged particles into space above the poles. Two major global energy ...

A U.S. military with “flying cars” may soon no longer be the stuff of science fiction, as House legislators seek to push the Defense Department to speed up integration of commercial electric and ...

In physics, we have a bunch of constants that are used in models to explain how the world works. These are fixed numbers that we plug into equations along with our variables. For example, the ...

Rare earth elements used in smartphones and electric vehicles could be extracted from the ground more sustainably using electric fields. Today, most rare earth metals used in electronics are mined by ...

A team of physicists at McGill University has developed a new device that allows them to trap, release, and manipulate DNA ...

Medical devicemakers are tapping into electric fields as a new treatment for cancer, The Wall Street Journal reported May 16. For decades, electricity has been used to treat cardiovascular conditions ...

Glass embedded with electric-field-driven electrodes removes dust from its surface without water or scrubbing, offering a durable, passive cleaning solution for solar panels and other exposed optical ...