World’s strongest steady magnetic field generated in China

Scientists in China have set a new world record for the strongest steady magnetic field ever generated on Earth. The hybrid magnet managed to produce a field measuring 45.22 Tesla (T), which is over a million times stronger than the planet’s own.Contin… Continue reading World’s strongest steady magnetic field generated in China

World’s strongest steady magnetic field generated in China

Scientists in China have set a new world record for the strongest steady magnetic field ever generated on Earth. The hybrid magnet managed to produce a field measuring 45.22 Tesla (T), which is over a million times stronger than the planet’s own.Contin… Continue reading World’s strongest steady magnetic field generated in China

Scientists hack fly brains to make them remote controlled

Researchers at Rice University have shown how they can hack the brains of fruit flies to make them remote controlled. The flies performed a specific action within a second of a command being sent to certain neurons in their brain.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Scientists hack fly brains to make them remote controlled

Astronomers measure strongest magnetic field ever detected

Astronomers have measured the strongest magnetic field ever found in the universe. The honor goes to a powerful type of neutron star, with a surface magnetic field of over 1.6 billion Tesla.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Astronomy, Magne… Continue reading Astronomers measure strongest magnetic field ever detected

Straight coils for twisty reactors give new shape to nuclear fusion

Scientists are pursuing the proposition of clean and inexhaustible power from nuclear fusion through a variety of experimental reactor designs, and one of the more interesting examples is a roughly circular device known as a stellarator. While these ha… Continue reading Straight coils for twisty reactors give new shape to nuclear fusion

Superfast electron rains detected pouring down onto Earth

Researchers at UCLA have discovered a new form of space weather – superfast electron rains that precipitate into the atmosphere from the radiation belts. The team says the events could affect satellites, spacecraft and astronauts, but aren’t accounted … Continue reading Superfast electron rains detected pouring down onto Earth

Insulation-free magnet makes space for sustained nuclear fusion reactions

One of the many ways scientists are working to realize the potential of nuclear fusion as a virtually inexhaustible and clean source of energy is through new and improved magnets, which confine fields of plasma for the critical reactions to take place…. Continue reading Insulation-free magnet makes space for sustained nuclear fusion reactions

Ultra-fast radio burst could usher in whole new class of space signals

As mysterious as fast radio bursts (FRBs) are, they’re now so common that they’re at risk of becoming mundane. But a newly discovered signal deepens the mystery with a few oddities – it hails from an unexpected region of space, and its pulses are about… Continue reading Ultra-fast radio burst could usher in whole new class of space signals

Simulation reveals origin of strange flares from supermassive black holes

Contrary to their name, black holes are known to fire off flares from time to time, but exactly how this happens is shrouded in mystery. High-resolution simulations have now revealed how twisting magnetic fields can throw off huge amounts of energy.Con… Continue reading Simulation reveals origin of strange flares from supermassive black holes