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 ...

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

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 ...

Michael Faraday grew up poor in the slums of London, with almost no education and no formal training in science. He began as ...

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 ...

“I express a wish that you may, in your generation, be fit to compare to a candle; that you may, like it, shine as lights to those about you; that, in all your actions, you may justify the beauty of ...

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 ...