Recently the MagQuest competition on improving the measuring of the Earth’s magnetic field announced that the contestants in ...

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Researchers have created a new crystalline material with unusual magnetic patterns that could be used for breakthroughs in ...

An idea about the sun’s magnetic field called the terminator model could help predict dangerous space weather more accurately ...

To make them requires mining and refining rare earth elements—a supply chain largely controlled by China. Companies around the world are racing to find alternatives by using materials that are more ...

Scientists have confirmed that colossal collisions between galaxies trigger titanic eruptions in the centers of those ...

The oldest evidence for human ancestors using fire, dating back to between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago, comes from a ...

From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run ...

A team of researchers led by the British Museum has unearthed the oldest known evidence of fire-making, dating back more than ...

High above Antarctica, two giant NASA balloons are being readied to drift along the edge of space, turning the polar sky into a laboratory for some of the hardest questions in physics. Instead of ...

Researchers say they’ve uncovered new evidence in present-day England that could reshape our understanding of human evolution ...

Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering ...