Superconductors are among the most puzzling materials in physics. They conduct electricity with zero resistance, but only ...

Ever sat at a traffic light in the snow and wondered why your car wasn't triggering the lights? As it turns out, there's a very simple reason why it happens.

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Every eleven years, the sun's magnetic field flips. Sunspots—dark, cooler regions on the sun's surface that mark intense ...

A newly mapped form of superconductivity in uranium ditelluride emerges only under extremely strong magnetic fields, defying ...

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Understand how emf is induced in a square loop near a current carrying wire. A detailed explanation of electromagnetic ...

Fleeting electron-hole pairs are giving scientists a new window into optimizing light-emitting devices (LEDs). Using quantum ...

Physicists weren’t sure why Moon rocks brought back during the Apollo missions are more strongly magnetized than models predict ...

The FBI has appointed two longtime agents to lead its high-profile field offices in New York and Washington, D.C., the bureau announced Thursday. Christopher G. Raia has been named assistant director ...

Before Jeffrey B. Veltri was promoted to special agent in charge of the FBI’s Miami Field Office earlier this year, top bureau officials ordered him to remove special media posts critical of former ...