Scientists Who Uncovered Altermagnetism Win Major Physics Honor
Altermagnetic crystal: not only the directions of spin polarization (in magenta and cyan) alternate on neighboring magnetic atoms,…
Tiny US crystal sensor measures extreme magnetic fields for fusion
A team of US researchers has developed a tiny laser-based crystal sensor that can track intense magnetic fields…
JWST reveals how a supermassive black hole keeps feeding itself
Supermassive black holes can heat the gas around them so fiercely that their own food supply should disappear.…
Tiny US crystal sensor measures extreme magnetic fields for fusion
A team of US researchers has developed a tiny laser-based crystal sensor that can track intense magnetic fields…
Physicists Discover Superconducting States That Get Stronger Under Conditions Meant to Kill Them
Superconductivity, the ability for materials to conduct electricity with zero resistance, is a valuable scientific treasure. Researchers have…
Astronomers Find Strongest Evidence Yet for Magnetic Fields on Alien Worlds
This illustration shows magnetic activity in an exoplanet. The planet is a gas giant like Jupiter, but it’s…
Most detailed map of the Universe’s hidden magnetic fields released
Scientists have produced what CSIRO says is the largest magnetic map of the Universe to date, a dataset…
Scientists Discover Two Strange Dead Stars That Defy Astronomical Expectations
Two exotic white dwarf merger remnants have been found to share a striking set of unusual properties, including…
Breakthrough Technique Reveals Atomic Secrets of Record-Breaking Superconductors
Artistic representation of the interior of a diamond anvil cell. A copper-colored, multi-stage Lenz lens is placed on…
New quantum material switches superconductivity back on at 70 Tesla
Scientists in Austria have finally uncovered the reason why a strange uranium-based superconductor appears to come back to…
Scientists are rethinking how young galaxies formed their magnetic fields
Magnetic fields that stretch across thousands of light-years should take a very long time to organize. Standard dynamo…
Event Horizon Telescope captures magnetic turbulence flickering at the edge of black hole M87*
For a few brief nights each year, you get a rare chance to watch a monster blink. The…