Learn how some of Earth’s magnetic field flips last longer than others, weakening our defenses against cosmic radiation.

New Zealand-based fusion energy startup OpenStar Technologies says it has become the first commercial company in the world to successfully create and confine plasma using a levitated dipole reactor.

A 0.5-tonne superconducting magnet recently hovered silently inside a 5-meter-wide vacuum chamber, which marked ...

The first superconducting magnet for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was lowered into the accelerator tunnel at 2.00 p.m. on Monday, 7th March. This is the first of the 1232 dipole magnets for the ...

A Wellington-based company has taken a significant step toward completing a fusion energy device prototype. Once completed, OpenStar Technologies' device will be New Zealand’s first fusion energy ...

An experiment carried out at CERN's ISOLDE facility has determined the western shore of a small island of atomic nuclei, where conventional nuclear rules break down. Multiferroic materials, in which ...

In 2016, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) approved the high-luminosity large hadron collider (HL-LHC) upgrade project. LHC is currently the largest and most powerful particle ...

Dive into Part 2 of our series as we demystify the magnetic dipole–dipole force on a current loop. This video explains the underlying physics, step-by-step calculations, and practical examples to help ...

A nuclear fusion startup has claimed a significant advance after testing an unconventional reactor design in New Zealand, reporting that it sustained plasma at roughly 300,000 degrees Celsius for 20 ...

A magnetosphere forms around any magnetized object, such as a planet, that is immersed within a stream of ionized gas, called plasma. Because Earth possesses an intrinsic magnetic field, the planet is ...