Scientists are rethinking how young galaxies formed their magnetic fields
Magnetic fields that stretch across thousands of light-years should take a very long time to organize. Standard dynamo…
773,000-year-old Moroccan cave fossils reveal human and neandertal evolutionary split
A set of ancient human fossils found on Morocco’s Atlantic coast now sits on one of the tightest…
Scientists bend magnetic fields around real-world objects to create ‘invisibility cloaks’
For nearly 20 years, physicists and engineers have chased the idea of invisibility. Early efforts focused on hiding…
Earth’s magnetic field flipped wildly 565 million years ago and life changed forever
Long before life thrived in Earth’s oceans, the planet’s magnetic field became disorganized. Deep within the ancient rocks…
Physicists Smash Record With Magnetic Field 700,000 Times Stronger Than Earth’s
Under the right conditions, superconducting magnets allow electricity to flow essentially undisturbed, producing intense magnetic fields for a…
Universe’s First Magnetic Fields Were As Weak as Human Brain Waves
Magnetic fields in the infant Universe may have been incredibly faint, billions of times weaker than a fridge…
Scientists Discover a “Giant” New Twist on a 140-Year-Old Effect
For the first time, researchers have uncovered a giant anomalous Hall effect in a nonmagnetic material, rewriting established…
Caltech Physicists Discover “Double Helix,” a New Equilibrium State of Cosmic Plasma
The double helix nebula. The spots are infrared-luminous stars, mostly red giants and red supergiants. Many other stars…
“It’s Its Own New Thing” – Scientists Discover New State of Quantum Matter
UC Irvine physicists have discovered a new phase of quantum matter with unusual electron-hole pairings. The material’s resilience…
Scientists Achieve the “Impossible” by Detecting Invisible Forces in Ordinary Metal
An international team of scientists working to observe the effect of magnetic fields on light has successfully detected…