A nuclear fusion experiment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has set a record for the strongest steady magnetic field confining a plasma, ushering in new hope that forthcoming demonstration ...

Light has always been described as an elegant partnership of electric and magnetic fields, yet for nearly two centuries ...

Like cats, magnets for physics experiments can have many lives. In 2015, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory repurposed two MRI magnets as part of a ...

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 ...

Discover how to build a simple electric train using just a copper coil, an AA battery, and disc magnets in this step-by-step ...

A new kind of quantum magnet is made out of atoms only a billionth of a degree warmer than absolute zero – and physicists aren’t sure how it behaves. A regular magnet repels or attracts magnetic ...

Cutting a bar magnet in half won't get rid of its poles. It'll just produce two magnets, each with a north pole that will be attracted to the other magnet's south pole, and vice versa. It's this ...