Georgetown University researchers have discovered a new class of strong magnets that do not rely on rare-earth or precious ...

"A strong magnetic field is very important for life on a planet." ...

China has quietly crossed a threshold in magnet technology that most people will never see but many will eventually feel. By ...

Super-Earths are the galaxy’s “middle children.” They are beefier than Earth but smaller than gas giants like Neptune. We ...

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international team of astronomers has mapped a magnetic ...

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India has a $800m plan to make rare earth magnets, aiming to reduce dependence on Chinese imports - but can it work?

After a decade of silence, one of the most powerful magnets in the universe suddenly burst back to life in late 2018. The reawakening of this “magnetar”, a city-sized star named XTE J1810-197 born ...

Yuhu Zhai leads PPPL’s new High-Field Magnet Test Facility, a collaborative research space open to researchers in both academia and private industry. The lab will enable the design and construction of ...

A lab in China has produced the most powerful steady magnetic field in the world. The Steady High Magnetic Field Facility (SHMFF) in Hefei, China, recorded a field strength of 45.22 Tesla (T) on ...