Who knew that magnetic fields could be so useful? Astronomers are able to use magnetic fields to map our environment within ...

During a brief but dramatic chapter in Earth's history about 41,000 years ago, the planet’s magnetic field nearly collapsed.

Scientists have long puzzled over why Mars, once protected by a global magnetic field like Earth, now shows only a magnetic ...

Using the Hubble and Gaia space telescopes, astronomers have discovered that a powerfully magnetic neutron star in the Milky ...

Pushing the limits of how we see and manage magnetic behavior in tiny structures is key to developing future technologies, especially in electronics that use the spin of particles-a property related ...

Controlling magnetism in a device is not easy; unusually large magnetic fields or lots of electricity are needed, which are bulky, slow, expensive and/or waste energy. But that looks soon to ...

Learn about Mars' defunct magnetic field, which may have sustained life on the planet and covered only its southern ...

Scientists have discovered a surprising magnetic spin phase where order and disorder mix, challenging old ideas.

A tiny soft robot powered by magnets may soon crawl through rubble or the body, blending flexible electronics with smooth motion.

Designing a small-scale flying robot posed significant challenges. Traditional flying robots rely on onboard power sources ...

It weighs in at just 21 milligrams and has a wingspan of only 9.4 millimeters. The device flies when exposed to an external ...

As the bot's two magnets are simultaneously attracted to ... Uniformly increasing or decreasing the strength of the magnetic field moves the robot up or down by causing it to spin faster or ...