Magnetic invisibility sounds simple in theory. Place the right materials around an object and magnetic fields flow around it as if nothing were there. Reality has been far messier. For nearly two ...

Twisting atomically thin magnetic layers does more than reshape their electronics—it can create giant, topological magnetic textures. In chromium triiodide, researchers observed skyrmion-like patterns ...

At the London Design Festival this year, the Dutch design studio helmed by Tord Boontje debuted gorgeous new furniture featuring surface patterns created in an unconventional way. Boontje used ...

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By applying the Kerr effect, Kerr microscopy facilitates the analysis of magnetic domains in steel alloys, supporting ...

For the first time, researchers measured the magnetic pull inside a single bacterium, turning a biological mystery into hard numbers.