Magnetism
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In a Lab Accident, Scientists Create the First-Ever Permanently Magnetic LiquidThese liquid droplets can morph into various shapes and be externally manipulated to move around.
By Yasemin Saplakoglu Published
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Is This Invisible Magnetic Field Smothering Our Nearest Supermassive Black Hole?The monster black hole at the center of the Milky Way is eerily quiet, and now astronomers think they know why.
By Rafi Letzter Published
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Lightning Strikes and Kills Motorcyclist. Why Rubber Tires Didn't Protect Him.Here's why a motorcycle's rubber tires didn't protect the rider when lightning struck.
By Laura Geggel Published
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Hidden Winds on Jupiter May Be Messing with Its Enormous Magnetic FieldJupiter's magnetic field has changed since the 1970s, and now physicists think they know why it's happening.
By Rafi Letzter Published
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Ancient Guatemalan Sculptors Knowingly Crafted Magnetic 'Potbelly' StatuesThe giant heads and distorted bodies are magnetized in particular spots.
By Tom Metcalfe Published
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What Makes the Strong Force So Special?Opinion The Force is (super) strong with these quarks.
By Paul Sutter Published
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Turbulent Blobs in Earth's Core May Explain Sudden Jerks in the Magnetic FieldHere’s one explanation for why Earth’s magnetic field undergoes weird geomagnetic jerks every decade or so.
By Brandon Specktor Published
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Fountains of Plasma Rain Might Explain One of the Biggest Mysteries of the SunThis strange structure could explain what happens during solar rain.
By Brandon Specktor Published
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Physicists Stuffed a Ghostly 'Skyrmion' Full of 'Antiskyrmions'The ghostly 'quasiparticles' have barely any material existence, but physicists are still managing to manipulate them into uncanny shapes.
By Rafi Letzter Published
