Science News. from research organizations. A bar magnet creates chaos in plasma Date: July 25, 2017 Source: American Institute of Physics Summary: ...

Ancient humans have been aware of the magnetic force ever since at least 600 BC, back before Newton developed this laws of motion, and before we had any grasp of the four fundamental forces of nature.

The study is published in Science. Anybody who has played with toy bar magnets at school will remember that opposite poles attract, lining up parallel to each other when they are placed end to end ...

Quantum mechanics has a reputation that precedes it. Virtually everyone who has bumped up against the quantum realm, whether ...

In new commentary in Science, UB physicists discuss advancements in controlling the behavior of magnetic materials . By Charlotte Hsu. Release Date: May 26, ... Individual spins are akin to tiny bar ...

When an electric current flows through a wire, it generates a three-dimensional magnetic force field around the wire, similar to that surrounding a bar magnet. Magnets are also surrounded by a ...

Magnets - There is a range of magnets commonly used in school – bar, ring and horseshoe magnets. These magnets are man-made and can lose their magnetic characteristics over time.

Scientists have created “soft” magnets that can flow and change shape, and that could be a boon to medicine and robotics. By Knvul Sheikh Lodestone, a naturally-occurring iron oxide, was the ...