A new method enables researchers to analyse magnetic nanostructures with a high resolution. The new method achieves a resolution of around 70 nanometers, whereas normal light microscopes have a ...

Scientists have used light to visualize magnetic domains, and manipulated these regions using an electric field, in a quantum antiferromagnet. This method allows real-time observation of magnetic ...

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have invented an entirely new field of microscopy called nuclear spin ...

Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz. Image by Parent Géry - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz. Image by Parent Géry - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 In a recent study published ...

(Nanowerk News) Quantum magnetometers are able to detect and visualize the tiniest damage in ferromagnetic materials. In aerospace technology or the automotive industry, they can help to significantly ...

A magnetometer is a device that measures magnetism: the direction, strength, or relative change of a magnetic field at a ...

Researchers at Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have demonstrated an innovative method to control magnetism in materials using an energy-efficient electric field. The discovery focuses on materials known ...

Our protective blanket helps shield us from unruly space weather. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Earth's magnetic field — also ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Using 11 years of magnetic field measurements from the ...

Light beams of varying intensities (yellow cylinders) help visualize magnetic domains (light and dark areas), separated by domain walls (red lines). When something draws us in like a magnet, we take a ...