Magnetic Avalanches Ignite Solar Flares, New Solar Orbiter Observations Reveal
New high-resolution observations by ESA’s Solar Orbiter mission show that solar flares are driven by cascading magnetic reconnection…
“No Longer a Futuristic Concept”: Scientists Build Real-World Magnetic Cloaking Device Capable of Shielding Complex Shapes
A new magnetic cloaking device developed by University of Leicester engineers can render sensitive electronic components invisible to…
Scientists Revisiting the ‘Faraday Effect’ Have Uncovered a Surprising Magnetic Interaction Between Light and Matter
Light’s magnetic field influences matter, according to new findings by Israeli researchers, challenging long-held assumptions that light only…
Study overturns 180-year physics rule about light–matter interaction
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have overturned a 180-year-old scientific assumption, proving that the magnetic component…
Magnetic microrobots guide drugs directly to blood clots
Every year, 12 million people worldwide suffer a stroke; many die or are permanently impaired. Currently, drugs are…
A Giant Weak Spot in Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Spreading and Scientists Are Worried
A weak spot in Earth’s protective magnetic field is growing larger and exposing orbiting satellites and astronauts to…
Oxford team makes world’s first plasma ‘fireballs’ in CERN experiment
In a world first, plasma “fireballs” have been created in the lab setting using the Super Proton Synchrotron…
A Giant Magnetic Anomaly Over 500 Million Years Ago Can Finally Be Explained
Magnetic signatures hidden inside rocks tell us a lot about Earth’s magnetic field and the way continents and…
ESA’s Swarm spots a fast-growing anomaly in the Earth’s magnetic field
A representation of the South Atlantic Anomaly in 2025 (Image source: Finlay, C.C. et al., 2025; cropped) Using…
ALMA Captures Spiral-Shaped Gas Streamer Guided by Magnetic Fields in Star-Forming Region
This streamer of gas is channeling matter from the surrounding cloud of a star-forming region in Perseus directly…
Something Weird Is Happening to Earth’s Magnetic Field
The weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field, a region over the South Atlantic where the field’s strength is…
Earth’s magnetic field is shifting — and satellites are feeling it
More than a decade of satellite monitoring has mapped Earth’s magnetic field as it subtly altered between 2014…