Explore the fascinating world of magnets with a variety of fun and educational experiments using everyday objects. Watch as we test the magnetic properties of apples, stack iron coins using a ...

Researchers have uncovered friction without contact—driven entirely by magnetic interactions. As two magnetic layers slide, ...

You’ve probably heard the term magnetic gradient before, but have you ever seen one? Now you can in [supermagnetman’s] video, below. The key is to use very fine (2 micron) iron filings and special ...

Earth's magnetic field, a familiar directional indicator over long distances, is routinely probed in applications ranging from geology to archaeology. Now it has provided the basis for a technique ...

Though predicted to exist, magnetic monopoles — hypothetical elementary particles with only one magnetic pole — have never been detected by scientists. But physicists have just accomplished the next ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A nuclear fusion experiment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has set a record for the strongest steady magnetic field ...

Barreling through the universe with incredible power and speed, galactic cosmic rays are a major source of radiation in space ...

An curved arrow pointing right. These magnets "eat slime!" They're experiments conducted by YouTuber Mirko Pafundi. He makes videos about one thing... MAGNETS! His page features over 100 magnetic ...

Lab top accretion disc: Cutaway diagram of the experimental setup used by Wang and colleagues. The data shown in the left portion of the gap between cylinders illustrates the simulated shear profile ...

Researchers at the University of Konstanz have uncovered a new mechanism of sliding friction: resistance to motion that ...