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Innovative New Design Helps Superconductors Withstand Heat and Magnetic Fields

Austin Burgess·March 23, 2026

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology shaped the surface where superconducting material is grown, improving its performance at higher temperatures, and preserving its stability in strong magnetic fields.

Scientists Achieve the “Impossible” by Detecting Invisible Forces in Ordinary Metal

Christopher Plain·July 17, 2025

Scientists hunting invisible forces in non-magnetic metals with the optical Hall effect report the first-ever successful detection.

Scientists Achieve the “Impossible,” Unlocking Quantum Circuits Using Magnetic Graphene

Tim McMillan·June 27, 2025

Researchers reveal magnetic graphene supports quantum spin Hall states at zero field—paving the way for quantum spintronics.

Astronomers Detect Massive 23 Million Light-Year Wide Megastructure, Revealing Largest Black Hole Jets Ever Seen

Micah Hanks·September 18, 2024

In a breakthrough discovery, astronomers report the detection of the largest pair of black hole jets ever observed, which span an incredible distance of 23 million light years.

Do Magnetic Monopoles Exist? CERN’s MoEDAL Detector Aims to Find Out.

Avi Loeb·April 30, 2024

The future detection of magnetic monopoles or dark matter will shed new light on physics beyond the Standard Model and could help develop new technologies.

Galactic Scale Shockwaves Are Rattling Through the Cosmic Web

Christopher Plain·March 9, 2023

Australian researchers have measured the effects of massive galactic-scale shockwaves rippling through the cosmic web, a structure that encompasses all of the matter in the known universe.

Sharks Use Earth’s Magnetic Field Like a “GPS” to Navigate, New Study Proves

Christopher Plain·May 6, 2021

In a new study, researchers have proven that sharks use magnetic fields to navigate. It may not be safe to go back in the water just yet.

Birds May Use Quantum Mechanics to Navigate Says New Study

Christopher Plain·January 12, 2021

A new study may prove that a bird's ability to navigate using magnetic fields may actually exist in the realm of quantum mechanics.

magnetic fields

Innovative New Design Helps Superconductors Withstand Heat and Magnetic Fields

Scientists Achieve the “Impossible” by Detecting Invisible Forces in Ordinary Metal

Scientists Achieve the “Impossible,” Unlocking Quantum Circuits Using Magnetic Graphene

Astronomers Detect Massive 23 Million Light-Year Wide Megastructure, Revealing Largest Black Hole Jets Ever Seen

Do Magnetic Monopoles Exist? CERN’s MoEDAL Detector Aims to Find Out.

Galactic Scale Shockwaves Are Rattling Through the Cosmic Web

Sharks Use Earth’s Magnetic Field Like a “GPS” to Navigate, New Study Proves

Birds May Use Quantum Mechanics to Navigate Says New Study

NASA’s Newly Completed Roman Telescope is Poised to Unlock Dark Energy and Exoplanet Mysteries

The Bizarre History of the Nazi Spaceplane Built to Bomb New York and A Botched Russian Kidnapping

‘The Expanse’ Predicts Our Future As Interplanetary Communication Will Soon Be A Reality

Can We Mine the Moon? The Top Five Things Humanity Needs to Survive In Space