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Nintendo Switch 2: two-minute reviewAfter what felt like an eternity of waiting after all the leaks and eventual official ...

A1: A magnetic float liquid level switch is a device used to detect the level of liquid in a tank or container. It operates on a simple yet highly reliable principle: a float containing a magnet moves ...

Two German physicists have unveiled a compact magnet layout that outperforms the famed Halbach array, delivering stronger, ...

New research published in Physical Review Letters suggests that superconducting magnets used in dark matter detection ...

Getting a Switch 2 and not getting these accessories is like buying a sports car and skipping the tires. The console’s great.

Nintendo's latest console is the future in familiar form, and a doorway to a lot more. But the fun's still under construction ...

A team of physicists at the University of Cambridge has unveiled a breakthrough in quantum sensing by demonstrating the use of spin defects in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) as powerful, room ...

Infineon has announced a series of three pin ASIL-B-compliant magnetic switch ICs for automotive use. “Developed in accordance with ISO 26262, the TLE4960x switches integrate diagnostic functions to ...

The concept behind MagNav isn't new. The Earth's magnetic field isn't perfectly uniform; superimposed on the main field of up to 65,000 nanotesla generated by the planet's core are small, localized ...

Quantum magnetometers can detect magnetic fields with extremely high sensitivity by leveraging the unique behaviors of quantum particles. These behaviors — such as discreteness and quantum coherence ...

I’ve just come across those as Bosch is developing magnetic-field quantum sensors harnessing “the power of quantum physics to enable measurements with unmatched precision” while being much more ...