Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth.

The magnetized rocks of Earth's crust and mantle, also known as the upper lithosphere, accounts for generating 6 percent of ...

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

New research published in Physical Review Letters suggests that superconducting magnets used in dark matter detection ...

Apples and magnet. For this experiment you need to build suspension from chop sticks. Put 2 apples at opposite ends of the ...

Axial field flux-switching permanent magnet motor is a novel PM machine of doubly-salient structure, with magnets and concentrated windings in the stator. This novel machine is suitable for electric ...

HFEPR spectra of polycrystalline samples of 1 and 2 at low temperatures confirm the positive sign of D and provide an estimate of the E/D quotient [0.147/0.187 (1) and 0.052 (2)]. Detailed ac and dc ...