Throughout any given year, the National Academies convene hundreds of conferences, workshops, symposia, forums, roundtables, and other gatherings that attract the finest minds in academia and the ...

Our planet’s magnetosphere has seen dramatic shifts across its history—even total reversals—but this recent wrinkle doesn’t ...

New research reveals how cryptochromes, magnetite, and electromagnetic induction help animals detect magnetic cues and find ...

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, in collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...

Researchers at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA) are helping reshape how scientists study the Sun.

The Earth’s magnetic field, a silent guardian against harmful solar radiation, has been behaving strangely in recent years. This has sparked many questions and concerns about the implications of such ...

“With this new machine-learning tool, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope can help scientists build a more accurate 3-D map ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) are helping reshape how scientists study the sun. The ...

Light has always been described as an elegant partnership of electric and magnetic fields, yet for nearly two centuries ...

Magnetism is a natural force, one that works at a distance. Magnets get their force from magnetic fields created by the atoms within the metal. Magnets are useful for things like turbines we use to ...

The U.S. has historically led the world in science that applies high magnetic fields, but a lack of domestic investment and technical advancement has allowed competitors in China, Japan, and Europe to ...