A research team at the University of Toronto in Canada has developed a set of miniature magnet-powered tools that could ...

Imagine if a doctor could remotely do a non-invasive, highly precise medical procedure on her patients using a tiny robot, or ...

A flower-shaped structure only a few micrometers in size made of a nickel-iron alloy can concentrate and locally enhance ...

New magnetic nanoparticles in the shape of a cube sandwiched between two pyramids represent a breakthrough for treating ...

“Our natural magnetic fields offer a different perspective to observe the human body and condition ... Spin-exchange relaxation free (SERF) atomic magnetometers were first developed by ...

The ability to conduct heat is one of the most fundamental properties of matter, crucial for engineering applications. Scientists know well how conventional materials, such as metals and insulators, ...

In response to a changing magnetic field, so-called alpha brainwaves, the background “hum” of the brain, quieted in human volunteers, scientists reported yesterday (March 18) in eNeuro. “This is the ...

Magnetic devices are components for creating, manipulating or detecting magnetic fields. This can include magnetic memories, magnetometers and devices for magneto-optics. Magnetism can also play a ...

How a tokamak works: The electric field induced by a transformer drives a current (big red arrows) through the plasma column. This generates a poloidal magnetic field that bends ... As a result, ...