Light has always been described as an elegant partnership of electric and magnetic fields, yet for nearly two centuries ...

Create your own magnetic slime and discover how ferromagnetic materials interact with magnetic fields. You'll learn about magnetism, viscosity, and chemical reactions while making a fascinating ...

In the late 1800s, the French naturalist Camille Viguier proposed an idea that would be dismissed and forgotten for more than ...

In 1845, Michael Faraday discovered what’s known today as the Faraday Effect—which describes how light and electromagnetism ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

A nuclear fusion experiment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has set a record for the strongest steady magnetic field confining a plasma, ushering in new hope that forthcoming demonstration ...

Using state-of-the-art microscopy LMU neurobiologists have identified a dedicated neural pathway for processing magnetic information that originates ...

A layer of “hot,” electrically conductive ice could be responsible for generating the magnetic fields of ice giant planets like Uranus and Neptune. New work from Carnegie and the University of Chicago ...

A wide variety of animals detect magnetic fields. This sensory ability helps birds and insects migrate and turtles remember ...

A blazar is an extraordinarily bright object with a supermassive black hole at its core. Some of the matter falling into the ...