Atomic physicists “are jacks of all trades,” according to Alex Sushkov. “You have to have the idea, design the experiment, build the experiment, run the experiment, fix everything, take data, analyze ...

Some inventions are so simple that it’s hard to improve them. The magnetic compass is a great example — a magnetized needle, a bit of cork, and a bowl of water are all you need to start navigating the ...

Scientists Tested Over 120 Bee Species and Discovered Something Unexpected About Magnetism ...

Magnetoreception, the ability to sense Earth's magnetic field, lies beyond the realms of human physiology, but it’s ...

Scientists have shown that changing magnetic fields in precise ways can create exotic quantum matter that does not normally ...

A team of physicists and engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered a new way to measure the orientation of magnetic fields using what may be the tiniest compasses around—atoms.

Magnetic rocks with iron oxide concentrations act as natural chroniclers of Earth's past continental movements. Using small samples of rocks, scientists can isolate magnetic grains that were frozen in ...