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Magnetism has intrigued humankind for millenia. Because magnetic and magnetically susceptible objects affect each other at a distance, without being in contact with each other, the effect appears to be magical. An understanding of magnetic effects that...

Magnetism has intrigued humankind for millennia. Because magnetic and magnetically susceptible objects affect each other at a distance, without being in contact with each other, the effect appears to be magical. An understanding of magnetic effects...

Magnetism is a property of matter and it occurs in different forms and degrees in various Earth materials that act as conductors and insulators. For example, at low temperatures, metallic systems exhibit either superconducting or magnetic order. The...

Among the greatest Chinese contributions to physics were the discovery of magnetism and the development of the compass. Though references to magnetism in Chinese sources do not date before the third century BCE, knowledge of the phenomenon was clearly...

In physics, magnetism is one of the phenomena by which materials exert attractive or repulsive forces on other materials. Some well known materials that exhibit easily detectable magnetic properties (called magnets) are nickel, iron, cobalt, and their...

Long ago, in a part of Greece known as Magnesia, a very unusual rock was discovered Iron spears seemed to "magically" stick to this rock. In China, people discovered that when they floated a piece of this rock in water, it acted very...

Yvette Yelardy of Brookline and Ronni Berger of New York have been best friends for 15 years. They talk on the telephone at least once a week. They talk about their jobs. They talk about movies. "But usually we talk about magnets,"...

There are two people's voices I can impersonate well: that of Magnetic Fields frontman Stephin Merritt and Project Runway frontman Tim Gunn. It seems Merritt is forever impersonating as well, or perhaps just exploring the many forms of his beloved pop and rock songcraft. (Alas,...

A recall of Magnetix building sets has been expanded after more children swallowed the tiny magnets in them and were seriously injured, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday.In March 2006 Mega Brands Inc. recalled 3.8 million of the magnetic building sets when one child...

Essay discusses the subject of magnetism as well as how it is useful to society.