Researchers have found that exposing a certain class of particles -- micron-sized beads endowed with a special magnetic sensitivity -- to a rapidly alternating, rotating magnetic field causes them to ...

Astronomers have discovered powerful magnetic fields steering gas, dust, and star formation in a dramatic galaxy merger.

From left to right, Evelyn Tang, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, and Sibani Lisa Biswal, the William M. McCardell Professor in Chemical Engineering at Rice University. If you’ve ever ...

In the supplemental material the experimental setup is shown (see top image), which is designed to make the individual iron-coated polymer particles rotate. The particles are called Janus particles ...

You might be scared if you heard Earth’s North Pole and South Pole were about to flip positions. The sun is about to do the same thing, and it’s not a worry for us. The sun is a big magnetic ball of ...

Deep beneath our feet, far below the crust and mantle, Earth is quietly sending out a slow magnetic heartbeat. Every seven ...

Marion Cromb receives funding from EPSRC grant EP/W007444/1. Hendrik Ulbricht receives funding from EPSRC (grant EP/W007444/1). Black holes are mysterious objects – there’s a lot we don’t know about ...

Our Sun is far from a smooth, white ball in the sky. Twisting and looping magnetic field lines rise from its surface like hair, causing dark, transient patches on the surface called sunspots wherever ...