Although he was primarily known as a chemist, Michael Faraday’s research into electricity and magnetism underpin much of our understanding of the universe and modern physics. Born Sept. 22, 1791, into ...

Nearly two centuries after Michael Faraday first showed that magnetism can twist light, physicists have uncovered a hidden magnetic ingredient inside this classic effect. The new work reveals that the ...

Michael Faraday was born in 1791 just outside London, England. Michael’s father, a blacksmith who was often too ill to work steadily, could hardly afford to feed himself, his wife ...

A collage with images of Michael Faraday, Kathleen Lonsdale, a ship, an oil lamp, and historical crystallography equipment. Credit: Madeline Monroe C&EN/Central Press/Hulton Archive via Getty ...