High magnetic fields are a vital tool in many areas of science and technology that impact our everyday lives, from medical diagnostics through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to drug discovery ...

In response to an informal request from the National Science Foundation, the National Research Council convened the Committee on Opportunities in High Magnetic Field Science in mid-2003. The committee ...

A five-year NSF-funded project aims to uncover hidden magnetic activity that could lead to advances in wearable devices, ...

Aaron Rossini of Iowa State and Ames National Laboratory with the nuclear magnetic resonance instrument in his lab. AMES, Iowa – A tiny, solid sample of a drug, complete with active and inactive ...

A CityUHK research team, led by Professor Denver Li Danfeng, has discovered magnetic-field-induced re-entrant superconductivity in infinite-layer nickelates. A research team led by Professor Denver Li ...

Deep inside the Milky Way, an invisible force is quietly holding everything together — its magnetic field. Now, researchers have created one of the most detailed maps ever of this hidden structure, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Using 11 years of magnetic field measurements from the ...

Geophysicists have modeled how Earth’s magnetic field could form even when its core was fully liquid. By removing the effects of viscosity in their simulation, they revealed a self-sustaining dynamo ...

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Table 1 Summary of the main features of permanent-magnet and electromagnet systems applied to MPD thrusters. Full size table Despite its critical influence on thruster performance, detailed studies on ...

Astronomers used winds on ultra-hot gas giant exoplanets to infer their magnetic fields' strength, finding them to be weaker than some expected. Credit: ESO / M. Kornmesser / L. Calçada illustration ...

Scientists have long known that migrating birds and homing pigeons navigate in part by sensing the Earth’s magnetic fields, especially at night or in overcast conditions when visual landmarks or ...