In this system, an external electric field shifts the direction of the atomic quantization axis. This shift changes how atoms ...

As the Parker Solar Probe ventures closer to the sun, we are learning new things about our home star. In a new study, physicists led by the University of Iowa report the first definitive measurements ...

Spread the loveIn a groundbreaking development in the realm of quantum sensing, researchers have unveiled a novel technique that utilizes atomic chains to measure low-frequency electric fields by ...

An electric charge (like a proton) creates an electric field in the region around it. This field points away from positive charges and decreases in strength as it gets farther away from the charge.

For the first time, scientists have measured a long-sought global electric field in the Earth’s atmosphere. This field, called the ambipolar electric field, was predicted to exist decades ago but ...