This video explains how magnets work and how magnetic fields are generated by the movement of electric charges. Magnetic ...

NASA's MMS (Magnetospheric Multiscale) mission, consisting of four identical satellites flying in formation, constantly ...

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they have discovered a new way to electrically control magnetism using a gate voltage that could be applied to a wide variety of magnetic ...

THE author states in his preface that this book is intended for students of physics who have placed the higher school certificate examination behind them and are proceeding to university scholarships ...

Next to a nuclear reactor in Germany is a four ton, ten cubic meter metal box surrounded by lasers. The box is the most magnetically-shielded room ever built: the magnetic field inside is just a tenth ...

Thought LeadersDr. Matthew CoakDepartment of Physics, The University of WarwickCavendish Laboratory, The University of Cambridge AZoNano speaks with Dr. Matthew Coak from the University of Warwick and ...

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--High school teachers who want new ways to help physics students learn more from lab activities have a new resource from NSTA Press. The book—a one-stop source of ...

Carbon is about to join the list of ferromagnetic elements, but the origins of its magnetic properties remain a mystery, say Michael Coey and Stefano Sanvito Magnetic impact One-third of the magnetism ...

Cutting a bar magnet in half won't get rid of its poles. It'll just produce two magnets, each with a north pole that will be attracted to the other magnet's south pole, and vice versa. It's this ...

The expansion of the universe is accelerating, but we’re not really sure why. The current best models give the driving force the placeholder name of “dark energy” – but that might not even exist. A ...