Researchers have recently found a new way to summon useful structures in magnetic materials using light, heat, and electric ...

Did Mars once have a full magnetic field in its ancient past like Earth does today, or was it lopsided and only covered one-half of the planet? This is what a recent study published in Geophysical ...

A robot boat with a propeller made from liquid magnets could be a safer alternative than solid metal blades, which can damage wildlife. Jun Shintake at the University of Electro-Communications in ...

Molten metal flows can create magnetic fields, which can be found on planets, moons, and even some asteroids. However, these ...

Geophysicists have modeled how Earth’s magnetic field could form even when its core was fully liquid. By removing the effects of viscosity in their simulation, they revealed a self-sustaining dynamo ...

Nematic materials are made of elongated molecules that align in a preferred direction, but, like in a fluid, are spaced out irregularly. The best-known nematic materials are liquid crystals, which are ...