Many people have been wondering what a Faraday cage is and why they are important for emergency preparedness. A Faraday cage is a sealed enclosure that conducts electricity to the outer layer. Some ...

A shielded enclosure used to block electromagnetic fields from reaching its interior. However, a compass does work inside a Faraday cage because the cage does not block the earth's magnetic field.

Electronics in the Life Sciences. By Stephen Young — When I visited Stephen Young in his laboratory in Edinburgh a few years ago, I was first struck by the size of his Faraday cage, and then, on ...

When discussing static electricity and lightning in my physics classes, it is not uncommon for a student to assert the common misunderstanding that people are safe from lightning in a car because cars ...