New 'cloaking device' concept shields electronics from disruptive magnetic fields

University of Leicester engineers have unveiled a concept for a device designed to magnetically "cloak" sensitive components, ...

Altermagnetism in RuOâ‚‚ thin films: A new magnetic material for the AI era

A research team has demonstrated that thin films of ruthenium dioxide (RuO₂) exhibit altermagnetism—the defining property of ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Weak Spot in Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Growing, but Scientists Say Not to Worry. Here’s a Look at What Shields Us From Space Weather

Our planet’s magnetosphere has seen dramatic shifts across its history—even total reversals—but this recent wrinkle doesn’t ...

Earth’s Magnetic 'Weak Spot': What’s Really Going On, And Should We Worry?

Scientists discovered Earth’s magnetic field is weakening over the Atlantic Ocean, but what does that mean for life on the ...

Scientists Identify Promising New Magnetic Material for the AI Era

A newly validated magnetic state could open a path toward ultra-fast, high-density memory for future AI and data-center technologies. A collaborative team of researchers from NIMS, the University of ...
Earth.com

Earth's core does much more than generate the planet's magnetic field

The Earth's magnetic field and oxygen evolved together over 540 million years, according to a major NASA study.

Archimedean screw inspires new way to encode chirality into magnetic materials

In physics and materials science, the term "spin chirality" refers to an asymmetry in the arrangement of spins (i.e., the ...
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Ultrafast light drives 10x magnetic motion, offering new tools for quantum devices

A new study reveals how trillionth-of-a-second light pulses strongly deflect magnetization by exploiting orbital-spin ...