Magnetic putty experiments reveal surprising properties and reactions. America’s biggest oil field is turning into a pressure ...
In the past year, two separate experiments in two different materials captured the same confounding scenario: the coexistence ...
For decades, physicists taught that superconductivity and magnetism could not share the same space. One state should destroy ...
Fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and even a few mammals rely on magnetoreception for navigation. But the exact mechanism ...
The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals. For some scientists, the monarch butterfly is leading ...
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Magnetic marvels

This video presents a series of engaging and simple experiments demonstrating the principles of magnetism Experts link widely ...
A tokamak is a toroidal device that employs magnetic confinement to achieve controlled nuclear fusion. It resembles a helical ...
Long considered a serious technical challenge, superradiance could actually help quantum devices go even further.
Pigeons may sense Earth’s magnetic field using their inner ear, sending signals to brain areas that help with navigation and memory.
Researchers have demonstrated for the first time self-induced superradiance in quantum particles, completely flipping what ...
Although science often advances through tried-and-tested methods, sometimes scientists have to find creative ways to test ...
New Harmony was home to two 19th-century utopian experiments that left behind intriguing architecture and wild stories.