One of his most well-known creations, the Faraday cage, is the basis of MRI machines – routinely used for a range of medical diagnoses. He also discovered benzene, pioneered research into ...

Enclosing an MRI room with a Faraday cage is an way to limit electromagnetic interference, as it prevents the movement of ...

However, a compass does work inside a Faraday cage because the cage does not block the earth's magnetic field. Constructed of a metal mesh, current is conducted on the cage itself. It was invented ...