The updated version of the World Magnetic Model was released on Dec. 17, with a new prediction of how the magnetic north pole ...

This would create differences in the amount of electrical current from place to place, which, through the laws of ...

Widespread magnetism dating from our solar system’s earliest beginnings some 4.57 billion years ago likely played a major role in creating ... our magnetic field has arguably played a role ...

Scientists at North Carolina State University (NCSU) have created a magnetic “metasheet” that can move objects and liquids ...

Researchers have made "age-magnetic" states visible for the first time. This third type of magnetism could drive the ...

Desert ants rely on the Earth's magnetic polarity to navigate, unlike other insects. Experiments reversing polarity confused ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission has detected magnetic distortions in solar wind, known as switchbacks. To better understand ...

On Earth, the dipole magnetic field that loops from the North Pole to the South Pole arises from convection in the planet’s liquid-iron outer core. Since Uranus and Neptune lack such a dipole field, ...

In a paper published today in PNAS, astronomer Burkhard Militzer of the University of California, Berkeley wanted to explore why Voyager 2 data show something unexpected: The magnetic fields of ...

A new device utilizing magnetic fields and kirigami design allows for the delicate manipulation of objects without grasping.