Scientists at North Carolina State University (NCSU) have created a magnetic “metasheet” that can move objects and liquids around without needing robot arms or grippers. The device is essentially a ...

The relationship between friction and load, quantified three centuries ago, has an exception when the interaction causes ...

New details have emerged about some of the most magnetic objects in our universe: Magnetars. Little is known about how the highly magnetic neutron stars are formed, or where they come from. Some ...

For nearly 20 years, physicists and engineers have chased the idea of invisibility. Early efforts focused on hiding objects from light using so-called metamaterials with extreme and often unrealistic ...

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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 ...