Measuring faint magnetic fields is useful in a number of areas, including mapping brain activity, monitoring hearts and ...

Purdue University researchers have developed patent-pending one-dimensional boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) containing spin qubits, or spin defects. The BNNTs are more sensitive in detecting off-axis ...

A wild idea has been proposed to generate electric power from Earth's rotation with the help of magnetic fields. A new research has presented experimental evidence confirming a previously theorized ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research shows magnetic cloaks can be built for real-world shapes using superconductors and soft magnets. (CREDIT: ...

Magnetic invisibility sounds simple in theory. Place the right materials around an object and magnetic fields flow around it as if nothing were there. Reality has been far messier. For nearly two ...

Magnetic skyrmions are stable quasi-particles that can be generated in (some) ferromagnetic materials with conceivable solutions in electronics, assuming they can be created and moved at will. The ...

Scientists have discovered that Uranus changes the size and shape of its bow shock every day because of the planet’s extreme rotation and unusual magnetic field. The finding, published in AGU Advances ...

For nearly 20 years, physicists and engineers have chased the idea of invisibility. Early efforts focused on hiding objects from light using so-called metamaterials with extreme and often unrealistic ...