Space travel causes many physiological changes that affect an astronaut’s health. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Our planet’s magnetic field helps protect us from radiation, solar winds, and extreme temperature changes. The study found that the Earth’s magnetic field experienced a phase of drastic ...

Of course, there's Earth's magnetic field, which deflects dangerous cosmic radiation, wiggles our compasses, and guides flocks of migrating birds. But other planets and stars have magnetic fields ...

Bone and muscle deterioration, radiation exposure, vision impairment -- these are just a few of the challenges space ...

Those tiny colorful dinosaur toys that grow bigger underwater might hold the key to protecting astronauts as they journey through space.

The ability to conduct heat is one of the most fundamental properties of matter, crucial for engineering applications.

Iridium-doped iron-cobalt (Fe-Co-Ir) alloys, previously identified through machine learning, have been shown to have enhanced ...

If the Earth's field is disrupted, it may cause problems in technology and navigation, as well as expose the planet to unwanted radiation. Magnetic poles move because the "liquid metal in the ...

"We now can determine the magnetic orientation of a material much quicker with light-induced current pulses," explains Dr. Jan-Christoph Deinert of HZDR's Institute of Radiation Physics.