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…
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…
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…
Scientists locate source of mysterious radio signals after 20 year search: A vampire star and its victim
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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…
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…
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…
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…