Moved by physics Hans Christian Ørsted identified the link between magnetism and electricity thanks to a compass needle. (Courtesy: TEK Image/Science Photo Library) While giving a lecture on ...

Ampère was playing with wires when he discovered a fundamental law of electromagnetism. Hans Christian Oersted had just discovered the connection between electricity and magnetism. Meanwhile, a ...

ON July 21, 1820, Hans Christian Oersted, of Copenhagen, announced his great discovery to the world in a circular letter in Latin, “Experi-menta circa effectione conflictus electric! in acum ...

When the power station was named in the centenary year of the discovery of electromagnetism, the choice of name was supported by many of Hans Christian Ørsted’s descendants.

So far this year the company has announced it will stop using coal by 2023, has sold off its entire oil and gas business, and changed its change of name to Ørsted, to honor Hans Christian Ørsted ...

In 1820, Hans Christian Oersted gave a demonstration on electricity to a class of advanced students at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Using an early battery prototype, he looked to see ...

Explore the history and science of magnetism! From magnetite and compasses to Gilbert's discoveries, Oersted's electromagnetism, & Faraday's demonstrations. Learn about magnetic fields and more.

Google has unveiled a new logo for its search engine to celebrate the anniversary of Hans Christian Ørsted, the Danish physicist and chemist who discovered electromagnetism.

DONG Energy today announced that the company will change its name from DONG Energy to Ørsted. The decision follows the global energy company’s profoun ...

When, in 1820, the Danish physicist and chemist Hans Christian Ørsted observed that a wire carrying electrical current can deflect a compass needle, the significance of that discovery was quite ...