Peer-reviewed
1952
On the radiation-free natural oscillations of a conducting sphere surrounded by an ionosphere
Schumann, W. O.
Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A
The original theoretical description of the Earth–ionosphere cavity resonance.
Source library
Everything we cite, in one place.
Peer-reviewed work, primary historical documents and unreplicated claims are listed together and labelled, because the difference between them is the most important thing on this site.
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Peer-reviewed
2002
50 years of Schumann resonance
Schlegel, K. & Füllekrug, M.
Physik in unserer Zeit (English translation)
Review of measurement history, amplitudes and variability of the resonances.
Primary / historical
1904
The transmission of electrical energy without wires
Tesla, N.
Electrical World and Engineer
Tesla's proposal for global wireless power. The Wardenclyffe facility never delivered power at scale.
Peer-reviewed
1996
Heart rate variability: standards of measurement, physiological interpretation and clinical use
Task Force of the ESC and NASPE
Circulation
The standard reference for how HRV is defined and measured.
Institutional report
2004
The energetic heart: bioelectromagnetic interactions within and between people
McCraty, R., Bradley, R. & Tomasino, D.
HeartMath Research Center monograph
Sets out the cardiac-field and 'coherence' framework. An institutional monograph, not an independent trial.
Peer-reviewed
2014
Cardiac coherence, self-regulation, autonomic stability and psychosocial well-being
McCraty, R. & Zayas, M.
Frontiers in Psychology
Peer-reviewed support for paced-breathing coherence as a physiological state.
Peer-reviewed
2014
Heart rate variability biofeedback: how and why does it work?
Lehrer, P. & Gevirtz, R.
Frontiers in Psychology
Explains the resonance frequency mechanism behind slow paced breathing.
Peer-reviewed
2012
Earthing: health implications of reconnecting the human body to the Earth's surface electrons
Chevalier, G., Sinatra, S. T., Oschman, J. L., Sokal, K. & Sokal, P.
Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Small studies on grounding. Effects are reported but sample sizes are limited.
Primary / historical
1880
Développement, par pression, de l'électricité polaire dans les cristaux hémièdres à faces inclinées
Curie, J. & Curie, P.
Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences
First description of the piezoelectric effect.
Book
2013
The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid and Vapor
Pollack, G. H.
Ebner & Sons
Documents exclusion-zone water near hydrophilic surfaces. The interpretation is still debated.
Unreplicated claim
1999–2010
Water crystal photography and 'messages from water'
Emoto, M.
Self-published works
Controlled replication of the crystallisation results has not been established. Treated here as unverified.
Primary / historical
1948
On the attraction between two perfectly conducting plates
Casimir, H. B. G.
Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen
The prediction of the vacuum fluctuation force that now bears his name.
Peer-reviewed
1997
Demonstration of the Casimir force in the 0.6 to 6 μm range
Lamoreaux, S. K.
Physical Review Letters
Precision measurement confirming the Casimir force. It is real, and it is tiny.
Peer-reviewed
1984
Extracting electrical energy from the vacuum by cohesion of charged foliated conductors
Forward, R. L.
Physical Review B
A theoretical extraction scheme. It is a thought experiment, not a demonstrated generator.
Unreplicated claim
1946–present
Searl Effect Generator claims
Searl, J. R. R.
Self-published accounts and witness reports
No independent replication, and no published calorimetry excluding conventional energy sources.
Peer-reviewed
2004
Biefeld–Brown effect: misinterpretation of corona wind phenomena
Tajmar, M.
AIAA Journal
Shows that 'lifter' thrust is ionic wind and largely vanishes in vacuum.
Unreplicated claim
2001–2003
Reported field measurements inside pyramidal structures
Krasnoholovets, V. et al.
Conference proceedings
Small-scale reports that have not been widely replicated with independent instrumentation.
Peer-reviewed
1964
Transmission of information by extraterrestrial civilizations
Kardashev, N. S.
Soviet Astronomy
Introduces the energy-throughput classification of civilisations used throughout this archive.
Institutional report
2005
Assessing potential propulsion breakthroughs
Millis, M. G.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Summary of the NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics programme: no propellantless propulsion was demonstrated.