If you took introductory physics, you learned about the “fundamental forces.” It goes something like this: All interactions ...

Metals are the only substances that are magnetic. But some metals are magnetic and some are not. The most common magnetic metal is iron. You don't see too many objects made of pure iron but you do see ...

Magnetism is a force we can’t see. Something is magnetic if it can pull another magnetic object towards it. Just like these fridge magnets. A magnet attracts or repels things made from certain ...

One of the many unseen forces to which you owe your existence is magnetism. If it weren’t for the magnetic field that surrounds our planet, blocking cosmic radiation and solar wind, Earth would likely ...

Last December, researchers led by Oliver Amin from the University of Nottingham in the UK published their breakthrough: a third type of magnetism, known as altermagnetism. Experts shared in the ...

Earth’s magnetic north pole has been shifting gradually for centuries due to the movement of molten metals in the planet’s outer core. In the 1990s, magnetic north began to experience an ...

From holding up notes on the fridge to powering complex machines, magnetism plays a crucial role in technology, science, and nature. But did you know that magnets were discovered over 2,000 years ago?