Magnetic fields are a fundamental part of the universe. They govern how small particles – the building blocks of planets, ...

Flashes of femtosecond laser light, lasting just a few trillionths of a second, have made it possible to observe new magnetic ...

Scientists have long known that migrating birds and homing pigeons navigate in part by sensing the Earth’s magnetic fields, ...

Many members of the animal kingdom can detect the subtle undulations of Earth’s magnetic field. Relying on a hidden ...

The largest magnetic map of the universe ever produced—five times larger than all previous efforts combined—marks the ...

According to NOAA, lingering streams of enhanced solar wind are still interacting with Earth's magnetic field, creating the potential for auroral activity across higher latitudes Patrick Pleul/picture ...

For nearly a century, there were two known kinds of magnets. Ferromagnets are the classic magnets that attract metal and keep ...

Two German physicists have reimagined how to create powerful and uniform magnetic fields using compact permanent magnets. By overcoming the limitations of the well-known Halbach array, which works ...

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Scientists have uncovered a surprising force that may help explain how binary star systems form so quickly. New supercomputer ...

Quantum computers are still a work in progress but quantum sensors are already in use at hospitals, laboratories and by defense contractors.