What is the breakthrough in China’s artificial sun project? A 6.5 Tesla magnet
New Delhi: China’s superconducting magnets have passed key tests at the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of…
Scientists Broke a 160-Year-Old Law of Physics to Create Programmable Heat
There are certain laws of physics that heat must follow. Take Kirchhoff’s law of thermal radiation, for example,…
Astronomers Detect Gamma-Ray Burst’s Magnetic Fingerprint
Using NSF’s Very Large Array (VLA), astronomers made the first radio detection of polarized light and Faraday rotation…
Using manganese ferrite nanoparticles to better harness heat against cancer
Scientists have long known that heat can be used to help fight cancer. But heating up tumors and…
Scientists Propose ‘StormWall’ To Stop A $2.4 Trillion Solar Storm
Topline A fleet of spacecraft could one day be used to geoengineer space, fortifying Earth’s magnetic field and…
Multiple superconducting states discovered in Graphene
Recently, condensed matter physicists have been pushing the boundaries of the Golden Rule restrictions on electron pairing. MIT…
New analysis reveals why Ganymede has a magnetic field when other moons do not
Ganymede has long looked like a contradiction in orbit. Jupiter’s largest moon is the only moon known to…
Light-activated proteins demonstrate quantum sensing and radio wave control
Until now, quantum sensing has primarily been known from solid-state materials such as diamonds with deliberately introduced tiny…
New study targets liver as magnetic sensor behind pigeon’s long-range navigation
For decades, researchers have known that homing pigeons can return to their loft from hundreds of miles away…
What scientists found near Earth’s core could explain strange magnetic patterns |
Deep inside Earth, hidden structures may be steering the planet’s magnetic shield. Image credit – Wikimedia The Earth’s…
Fusion Breakthrough? Magnetizing Plasmas with High-Powered Lasers Paves the Way Toward “Direct Drive” Fusion
Promising new fusion research is revealing how plasma can spontaneously generate its magnetic field, in a fundamental breakthrough…
Long-Standing Muon Mystery May Be Settled
A new high-precision calculation of a key component underpinning the magnetic moment of the muon, a heavier cousin…