Rice University researchers have used a magnetically levitated particle to search for ultraheavy dark matter, extending the ...

A superconducting material being considered for future fusion magnets turned amorphous under intense electron ...

In this short science demo, I show off ferrofluid, a liquid packed with tiny magnetic particles. Using simple magnets, I ...

Powerful magnetic fields may tear apart and trap giant stellar eruptions before the plasma can escape into space.

New research published in Physical Review Letters suggests that superconducting magnets used in dark matter detection experiments could function as highly precise gravitational wave detectors, thereby ...

A team of physicists and engineers at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory built a twisting fusion reactor known as a stellarator that uses permanent magnets, showcasing a potentially cost-effective ...

What scientists increasingly understand is that bird navigation is far more complex than simply following familiar landmarks.

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Dark matter search: Team co-leader Christopher Tunnell is an associate professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University. (Courtesy: Jeff Fitlow/Rice) A tiny neodymium particle suspended inside a ...

It is not known when humans first noticed the attraction or repulsion between pieces of magnetic material. The first important device depending on these forces was the magnetic compass, which is ...