magnetic field

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The work, led by Cal Poly Physics Department Lecturer Ian Powell, focused on how varying a magnetic field over time can cause matter to exhibit unusual and previously unseen properties.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

"Spatially variable birefringence, that is, the difference in the propagation of different polarizations of light, acts like a synthetic magnetic field," explains Dr. Piotr Kapuściński of the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

By applying a magnetic field, they were able to align these phonons.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

The results matched the experimental data closely, especially the unusual way superconductivity changes with the direction of the magnetic field.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026

When the magnetic field is working, these rays are safely herded away from the Earth’s surface and into two zones in near space called the Van Allen belts.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson