Short pulses of light that impart rotation on a material's atoms can be used to switch a property called ferroaxiality, which ...

On September 22, the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Steady High Magnetic Field Laboratory (CHMFL) sustained the strongest magnetic field using a resistive magnet, at 42.02 tesla. This surpasses the ...

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Over the past 8 months, solar eruptions have increased in frequency and ferocity, a sign that the sun is at the peak of its 11-year activity cycle (SN: 1/13/01, p. 26). Now scientists have found ...

The rules about what makes a good magnet may not be as rigid as scientists thought. Using a mixture containing magnetic nanoparticles, researchers have now created liquid droplets that behave like ...

The breakthrough has occurred at the Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials (RCPTM), which is located at Palacký University Olomouc. The basis of the breakthrough is with an ultra-thin ...