Magnetic monopoles have provided a rich field of study, leading to a wide area of research in particle physics 4,5,6, solid-state physics 7, ultra-cold gases 8, superconductors 9, cosmology 4 and ...

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Editor's note: The original online version of this story was previously posted. Magnets are remarkable exemplars of fairness—every north pole is invariably accompanied by a counterbalancing south pole ...

Imagine that you're a scientist, going out on a limb to design and build an experiment that everyone expects will see absolutely nothing. You're invested in physics at the fringes: looking for a sign ...

The resulting destruction of the quantum monopole gives birth to a Dirac monopole. "I was jumping in the air when I saw for the first time that we get a Dirac monopole from the decay. This discovery ...

Scientists have managed to create artificial magnetic monopoles. To do this, they merged tiny magnetic whirls, so-called skyrmions. At the point of merging, the physicists were able to create a ...

Bizarre magnetic behavior that was predicted by a famous physicist more than 80 years ago has finally been demonstrated in the lab, according to a new study. The behavior of an electron in response to ...

Ectromagnetic theory says there should be a bit of matter that is unipolar: neither north or south. So far no one has found a magnetic monopole, but physicists at Amherst college have come close.

Researchers at the University of Tokyo are devising a way to use smartphone microphones to help locate disaster victims. While conventional search-and-rescue methods tend to use radar-based detection ...

The author is former managing partner of Hatfield & Dawson Consulting Engineers and is a senior consultant to the firm. While cell site towers and monopole masts have long been potential nuisances and ...