Team clarifies puzzle of moon’s magnetic power

How could our tiny moon have had such a strong magnetic field early in its history? A new study offers some answers.

Kevin Stacey-Brown • futurity
Jan. 14, 2022 ~8 min

Nature's GPS: how animals use the natural world to perform extraordinary feats of navigation

Migrating birds use both their view of the stars and their internal magnetic compasses to find their way over thousands of miles.

Richard Holland, Professor of Animal Behaviour, Bangor University • conversation
Dec. 30, 2021 ~6 min


Charging room delivers power without plugs and wires

Researchers have outfitted an entire room for wireless charging. Along with your laptop, phone, and lights, it could help power medical devices, too.

Kat McAlpine-Boston • futurity
Aug. 30, 2021 ~7 min

Superflares don’t pose as much danger to exoplanets as thought

Superflares may not cause as much damage to exoplanets, and their habitability, as astronomers once believed, a new study shows.

U. Washington • futurity
Aug. 9, 2021 ~7 min

Moon glass solves lunar magnetic shield mystery

Scientists have long debated whether the moon had a prolonged magnetic shield at some point in its history. A new study may put the question to rest.

Lindsey Valich-Rochester • futurity
Aug. 5, 2021 ~8 min

The sun's atmosphere is hundreds of times hotter than its surface – here's why

Alfvén waves, first proposed 80 years ago, could explain why the sun's atmosphere is so much hotter than its surface.

Huw Morgan, Reader in Physical Sciences, Aberystwyth University • conversation
May 24, 2021 ~8 min

Fluorescent light buzz could power more efficient computers

The property that makes fluorescent lights buzz could power a new generation of more efficient computing devices that store data with magnetic fields.

Nicole Casal Moore-Michigan • futurity
May 19, 2021 ~6 min

Uranus and Neptune have wonky magnetic fields: Why?

ETH Zurich • futurity
March 31, 2021 ~5 min


Lasers show how ‘turbulent dynamos’ create huge magnetic fields

A new study sheds light on a once-elusive phenomenon known as a "turbulent dynamo," an astrophysical process that amplifies magnetic fields.

Lindsey Valich-Rochester • futurity
March 26, 2021 ~5 min

New image sheds light on energy jets from black holes

A new picture that showcases the magnetic fields of a black hole will help us understand more about the massive energy jets they can fire off into space.

Lawrence Goodman-Brandeis • futurity
March 24, 2021 ~5 min

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