This video explains what magnets are and how magnetic fields are generated through the alignment of atomic structures.

Magnetic force microscopy (MFM) is one of the modes of scanning probe microscopy (SPM). As the name implies, it is used to map magnetic characteristics. MFM investigates the local magnetic fields at ...

Astronomers have taken their clearest look yet at how some of the biggest stars in our galaxy are born—and it turns out the ...

Electromagnetism and the weak nuclear force are two distinct fundamental forces. That wasn’t always the case. How many fundamental forces are there in our universe? For particle physicists, answering ...

A new 3D printing technique can create paper-thin "magnetic muscles," which can be applied to origami structures to make them ...