Magnetism

Scientists develop world’s thinnest magnet

E&T Magazine: Scientists in the US have developed an ultrathin magnet that operates at room temperature. They believe it could lead to new applications in computing and electronics and new tools for the study of quantum physics. According to the researchers,…

Quantum chemical reaction behind birds’ internal compass

Chemistry World: Researchers have discovered a radical-pair reaction in the eyes of migrating robins that could explain how the birds use Earth’s magnetic field to navigate. Covering up to 200miles (320km) per night, some UK robins – not all of which…

The rise of ferrofluids

Chemistry World: Rocket scientists at the Nasa Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, US, were working day and night. It was 1963 and they were testing hundreds of different combustion chamber designs and injectors for liquid hydrogen engines, trying to iron out problems with combustion stability that could thwart efforts to…

Simulation Reveals How Magnetism Helps Form Planets

Quanta Magazine: We like to think of ourselves as unique. That conceit may even be true when it comes to our cosmic neighborhood: Despite the fact that planets between the sizes of Earth and Neptune appear to be the most common…