The research team has identified atacamite as a material with magnetocaloric properties. Natural crystals have long ...

In wireless communication systems, very low frequency(VLF) and ultra-low frequency(ULF) waves have the advantage of strong penetrating ability, which are mainly used for underwater and underground ...

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The magnetized rocks of Earth's crust and mantle, also known as the upper lithosphere, accounts for generating 6 percent of ...

Two German physicists have unveiled a compact magnet layout that outperforms the famed Halbach array, delivering stronger, ...

External magnetic fields have been used to vertically align ensembles of silicon microwires coated with ferromagnetic nickel films. X-ray diffraction and image analysis techniques were used to ...

New research published in Physical Review Letters suggests that superconducting magnets used in dark matter detection ...

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For over half a billion years, Earth’s magnetic field has risen and fallen in sync with oxygen levels in the atmosphere, and scientists are finally uncovering why. A NASA-led study reveals a striking ...

ITER has devised the technology that could unlock fusion energy, and they've done so with the aid of a 60-foot magnet. Here's ...

"If the effect is real and scaling behaves the way our equations say, then the possibility becomes real," Chyba told Newsweek.