Two German physicists have reimagined how to create powerful and uniform magnetic fields using compact permanent magnets. By ...

But why is bismuth so strongly repelled from magnets?. According to Eric Riesel, a magnetic materials chemist at MIT, the answer comes down to the type of magnetism exhibited by bismuth.Every ...

Two German physicists have unveiled a compact magnet layout that outperforms the famed Halbach array, delivering stronger, ...

But a new finding by MIT physicists is challenging this century-old assumption. advertisement. ... Indeed, these two properties are what could enable magnetic levitation (Maglev) trains, ...

ZeroN magnetic levitation system can play back movements in space. Researchers at the MIT Media Lab have developed a rather remarkable system known as ZeroN — a “tangible interface element ...

The levitation device, built by Yuanming Liu and colleagues at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, uses a magnetic field that distorts the movement of electrons in water molecules to let the mice ...

A 30-strong team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is one of several groups and companies working on making the Hyperloop concept a reality. The idea, first envisioned by Tesla ...

Magnetic levitation (maglev) can create frictionless, efficient, far-out-sounding technologies. Here are some of the craziest uses that engineers and designers have dreamed up.

Getting a magnetic field to balance on another magnetic field is about as easy as balancing a bowling ball on the tip of an ink pen. With a little help from an Arduino mega, however, [EmmaSong] was… ...