Smithsonian Magazine on MSN2d
Earth’s Magnetic North Pole Is Shifting Toward Siberia and Raising Questions About Unusual Movement
Scientists released an update to a model that maps the ever-moving pole and has significant implications for navigation ...
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Mesmerizing Plasma Vortex Forming in Magnetic Fields
Watch the fascinating interaction between plasma and magnetic fields as swirling vortexes take shape with precision. The ...
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Magnets and magnetic materials
A permanent magnet is always magnetic. It has an invisible magnetic field. Only certain materials, such as iron, feel a magnetic force. Permanent magnets can come in lots of different shapes and ...
Space on MSN11d
The sun's magnetic field will flip soon. Here's what to expect.
As sunspots emerge on the sun's surface close to its equator, their orientations will match the old magnetic field, while ...
Nature3d
Magnetic Field Effects on Material Properties
Magnetic fields can significantly influence the properties of various materials, leading to changes in their mechanical and electrical behaviors. Recent research has focused on understanding these ...
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A Sixth Sense For Magnetic Fields May Be Surprisingly Common In Animals
Magnetic fields are one of these, but before humanity’s invention of powerful electromagnets these were generally very weak. The effort required to detect them was much greater than for light or ...
Nature2y
Atomic magnetism finally caught on camera
But they suffer from a fundamental drawback — to image individual atoms, samples have to be placed in strong magnetic fields. This makes it impossible to image materials that are strongly ...