This giant magnetic anomaly is silently weakening Earth’s protective shield—should we worry?

Understanding how this magnetic dent behaves gives satellite operators critical lead time to protect delicate instruments.

Korean researchers develop world's first ultra-compact 3-axis magnetic sensor to give robots a sense of touch

Robots that move as deftly as human hands and grasp objects with precision may soon be within reach. Korean researchers have ...
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Battery-free liquid crystal chip glows dark when dangerous electromagnetic fields strike

Researchers have developed a battery-free wearable sensor chip that detects high-frequency electromagnetic fields by ...
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Tiny Sensor Tracks Motion Along Three Axes

Can a tiny sensor track movement in three directions? A nanoparticle-based design brings three-axis magnetic sensing to ...
The Aviationist

Northrop Grumman and SandboxAQ Explain How Lumberjack Is Preparing for GPS-Denied Operations

The Lumberjack UAS flew with SandboxAQ’s AQNav magnetic navigation system during a GPS-denied flight test this summer, ...
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Asahi Kasei Microdevices Holds IEEE Milestone Commemoration Ceremony in Nobeoka for the Commercialization of Thin-Film Hall Elements

Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM) held a commemorative ceremony in Nobeoka City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, on October 6, 2026.
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Dual Electromagnets Steer a Levitating Robot Through Fluid-Filled Pipes With Sub-Millimeter Precision

Researchers have shown that a pair of vertically arranged electromagnets can levitate and steer a magnetic robot inside a ...

Explaining Hall-effect, TMR, and other new types of “mechanical” switches

TMR keyboards became available in 2024 and are marketed as using more advanced sensing technology than mechanical, optical, ...
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NASA tests 12 next-gen heat shields aboard trash-filled spacecraft for Mars missions

NASA is preparing to test 12 experimental heat shield capsules during the fiery destruction ...
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Researchers Cut Magnetometer Sensitivity Limit by 27%

Recovering lost data during qubit state assignment has yielded a 27. 3% reduction in the limit of detectable magnetic fields ...

Setting a New Standard on Innovation for Magnetic Flow Measurement

Magnetic flow meters have proven to excel in challenging applications. This Q&A with Cheng Vue, Global Product Manager at Emerson, covers how the company is innovating with magnetic flow meters that ...

QST and others reduce individual differences in nanodiamond quantum sensors by 1/4, moving toward mass production

Quantum Made in Japan] QST and others reduce the "individual differences" of nanodiamond quantum sensors by a factor of ...