Cassini data has revealed a surprising twist in Saturn’s magnetic shield: the planet’s rapid rotation appears to drag a key opening in its magnetosphere far toward the afternoon side instead of ...

The sun routinely blasts charged particles into space, but similar outbursts from other stars have been mysteriously hard to spot. A new experiment suggests that the strong magnetic fields of some ...

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In the late 1700s, Anton Mesmer claimed an invisible magnetic fluid controlled human health, and his bizarre treatments captivated Europe. Patients gathered around a supposedly magnetized tub, fell ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine had been under pressure from Republican leaders, including President Trump. By Karen Zraick The nation’s top scientific body has removed a ...

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To realize ‘a new golden age for science’, the United States needs open borders and must properly fund studies in the social sciences, public health and the humanities — not just research in ...

RuO 2 is known for its unusual magnetic properties, which have led some researchers to propose that it may be an altermagnet—a material with magnetic order but little or no overall magnetization. Most ...

The world’s most powerful solar telescope has captured the highest resolution observations of the sun’s visible surface — and uncovered a hidden process that drives solar activity. Scientists used the ...

It was love at first sight. It felt like scouring the mall, dipping in and out of sprawling department stores in search of a specific, elusive item, only to finally find what you’re looking for. Only, ...

Some 50,000 years ago, modern humans wandered into Ice Age Europe. The continent was new to us Homo sapiens, but not for beings of our general kind. Neanderthals and their ancestors had been living ...