When an electric current passes through some materials, it generates a voltage perpendicular to the direction in which the ...

The accompanying figure shows a section of a plate in a transverse magnetic field. The normal layers (shaded in the figure) branch in both directions towards the surface of the plate. A similar ...

The outer core of the Earth is believed to be liquid since it does not transmit transverse seismic waves while the structure of the inner core is still in doubt. The entire core is believed to be ...