Research suggests some metals’ semicore electrons may be more active on Earth’s surface than previously thought.
Superconductivity is a phenomenon where certain materials can conduct electricity with zero resistance. Obviously, this has ...
A magical particle acceleration 'spectacle' is unfolding around distant Jupiter. This is not a scene from a science fiction ...
The aurora borealis is a spectacle of space weather, but solar flares and coronal mass ejections have far more Earthly ...
It is anticipated that within just a few decades, the surging volume of digital data will constitute one of the world's largest energy consumers. Now, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, ...
This persnickety number determines the strength of magnetic fields. It figures in everything from motors and generators to audio speakers. Oh, and without it we’d live in eternal darkness.
NASA’s IMAP mission will explore the heliosphere and study how it shields Earth from cosmic radiation and space weather.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – A team of scientists led by University of Maryland physics professor James Drake appear to have solved a key remaining mystery about how the interaction of magnetic fields produce ...
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have achieved a significant breakthrough that has the potential to ...
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 ...