1) Beginning at one end, wrap the wire neatly around the nail. You may tape this in place if you like but it is not necessary for it to work. See illustration below. 2) Expose the ends of the wire by ...

BATAVIA, Ill. (CBS) --A Fermilab scientist spoke Wendesday of beauty as he described a 50-foot electromagnet waiting to begin its work at its new home in Batavia. WBBM Newsradio's John Cody reports ...

Invented in 1824 by the British physicist William Sturgeon, electromagnets are a fixture of modern life, appearing in loudspeakers, motors, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines, maglev trains, ...

It is a common grade school experiment to wind some wire around a screw, power it up, and watch it pick up paper clips or other ferrous materials. It is also grade school science to show that neither ...

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In everyday life, we use magnets in a variety of ways, from holding notes on a refrigerator to securely locking a safe or a cabinet door. Electromagnets are especially useful because the magnetic ...