Magnets and superconductors go together like oil and water—or so scientists have thought. But a new finding by MIT physicists is challenging this century-old assumption. In a paper appearing in the ...

At some point, you've probably heard the stern warning: Never put magnets near your electronics! It's advice so ingrained in tech culture that it feels like a law of physics. But is it true? Was it ...

Tiny plastic pieces showing up everywhere in our environment are a growing concern, but there may be a new solution to fight against pollution. We're talking about microplastics, particles smaller ...

Magnets are notoriously codependent. Try to break apart a magnet's north and south ends, and each half gets its own fresh set of two poles. Scientists have long hunted for a lone north or south ...

U.S. automakers are facing an unexpected and surprisingly critical shortage: magnets. Specifically, rare earth magnets. These tiny but powerful components are indispensable, powering everything from ...

Colin Furze used to be a plumber, but really found his calling building wacky contraptions, like a homemade hoverbike, a ...

A nuclear fusion experiment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has set a record for the strongest steady magnetic field confining a plasma, ushering in new hope that forthcoming demonstration ...

An illustration depicts pairs of superconducting electrons in rhombohedral graphene (the middle lattice structure) that spin in clockwise or counterclockwise direction (corresponding to blue and red ...