The ability to conduct heat is one of the most fundamental properties of matter, crucial for engineering applications. Scientists know well how conventional materials, such as metals and insulators, ...

Creatures from migratory eels and other fish species to insects to birds tap into the Earth’s magnetic field to navigate, sometimes many thousands of miles. But so far, evidence has been scant for any ...

The average Hackaday reader likely knows, at least in the academic sense, what a magnetic field looks like. But as the gelatinous orbs in our skull can perceive only a tiny fraction of the EM ...

We have this same problem with electric and magnetic fields. Depending on your reference ... Jorge Garay This Goopy Seaweed Slurry Could Make Its Way Into Everything You Eat and Wear A startup ...

A magnetic field is invisible, but it can be detected using a magnetic compass. A compass contains a small bar magnet on a pivot so that it can rotate. The compass needle points in the direction ...

If these metals have not been turned into a permanent magnet they will still be attracted to a magnet if placed within a magnetic field. In this situation they act as a magnet - but only whilst in ...