For nearly two centuries, scientists have wondered if Earth’s rotation through its magnetic field could produce electricity.

Experiments suggest that an unusual magnetic material can help harness energy from the planet’s rotation ... intuitive and has been argued since Faraday,” says Paul Thomas, an emeritus ...

Experiments suggest an unusual magnetic material could help harness energy from Earth’s rotation. But not everyone is ...

Christopher Chyba held a hollow, dark cylinder made of manganese, zinc, and iron in his Princeton lab, looking skeptically at the tiny voltage his instruments were detecting. It seemed too simple — ...