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Physics of light and magnetism rewritten after almost two centuries

An experiment 180 years ago first demonstrated a connection between light and electromagnetism – but the link is deeper than we thought

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A bright star emitting streaks of light that curve outwards as the star moves across the night sky

Space

How faster-than-light explosions could reveal the universe’s secrets

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We’ve discovered a new kind of magnetism. What can we do with it?

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We’ve discovered a new kind of magnetism. What can we do with it?

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We may be about to solve the greatest riddle of electromagnetism

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We may be about to solve the greatest riddle of electromagnetism

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How materials that rewind light can test physics' most extreme ideas

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How materials that rewind light can test physics' most extreme ideas

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This illustration lays a depiction of the sun's magnetic fields over an image captured by NASA?s Solar Dynamics Observatory. The complex overlay of lines can teach scientists about the ways the sun's magnetism changes in response to the constant movement on and inside the sun. CREDIT NASA/SDO/AIA/LMSAL http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07315-1

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Source of the sun’s magnetic field may hide right under its surface

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Liquid magnet propellers could be a safer way to power boats

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Liquid magnet propellers could be a safer way to power boats

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An artist impression of HD 45166, an unusually magnetic star

Space

Astronomers have found a strange new type of extremely magnetic star

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Magnetic fields permeate the universe

Space

We may have finally figured out how galaxy-scale magnetic fields arose

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Earthquake lights taken over Mt. Kimyo, Japan in 1968.

Earth

These bizarre lights in the sky hint at a way to predict earthquakes

Semi-mythical "earthquake lights" may be accompanied by changes to Earth's magnetic field. Now researchers say these changes could be used to forecast major tremors

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Space

X-ray map of the Crab nebula reveals strange pockets of turbulence

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Space

A weird dead star may have a solid-like surface made of iron crystals

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Technology

Computer made from swirly magnets can recognise handwritten digits

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Physics

Show children how to make a simple electric motor with a magnet

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