A theoretical study posted to arXiv in early 2026 argues that magnetic skyrmions, tiny whirlpool-like spin textures inside ...

The disease was a new obsession: a frustratingly simple mechanical game called the 15-puzzle. Still familiar today, it consists of a four-by-four grid in which you slide 15 numbered tiles around, ...

Skyrmions, in which electron spins inside a magnet are arranged like vortices, are a key structure in next-generation ...

This week on Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Neil deGrasse Tyson reminded us that science can feel magical with a discussion of the scientists who brought us the wizardry of electricity and magnets. We ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Using a diamond needle tipped with a single electron, physicists have found seemingly impossible one-sided magnets swirling along the surface of hematite. The rules of physics (the ones we know of, ...

It’s a match made in YouTube Science Heaven: In the latest episode of Minute Physics, Henry Reich teams up with the folks at Veritasium to address one of the Internet’s favorite scientific conundrums: ...

Ziad Melhem outlines the thinking that went into the design and development of the world’s most powerful all-superconducting magnet All together: The 32 T magnet lowered into its cryostat. (Courtesy: ...

A cluster of recent papers from fusion researchers describes faster ways to model the powerful magnets that will sit at the ...