From navigation to solar weather forecasting, many different areas of research require space-based sensors to measure Earth's magnetic field as accurately as possible at any given moment. So far, ...

On the International Space Station, a cube holding a diamond-based sensor revealed the potential for quantum magnetometers.

Ganymede is not only Jupiter's largest moon, but also the largest in our solar system and one of the few that hosts a massive ...

A surprise G2 geomagnetic storm on May 4, 2026, underscored the challenge of forecasting the magnetic structure of solar eruptions. In response to such uncertainties, new initiatives are advancing ...

A team of researchers used tiny imperfections on a diamond lattice to successfully measure ...

Quantum technology has promising potential to revolutionize how large and complex amounts of information are processed. While already in use primarily in laboratory and research settings globally, ...

The magnet, which is 7 feet tall and 4 feet wide, will be used in the under-construction Beam Lifetime 3 experiment, a ...

The first fusion reactions in a laboratory were achieved in 1934 — a major breakthrough at the time. Today, however, achieving a fusion reaction is not particularly difficult: in 2018, a ...

Two researchers who independently developed the neodymium magnet — used in everything from hard disk drives to automobiles — have been awarded the 44th Honda Prize. In 1982, two researchers working ...

A team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has confirmed that hematite, the most abundant iron ore on the planet and a staple of steel production, carries a form of magnetism that physicists only ...

How a few unique traits helped modern-style birds—the last living dinosaurs—survive the asteroid apocalypse that took out T. rex and other mighty beasts ...