Iron filings

Iron filings are sprinkled on a bar magnet, showing the magnetic field lines.

Researchers have devised an "antimagnet" cloak that can shield an object from a constant magnetic field without disturbing that field. If realized, such a cloak could have medical applications.

Here is a fun little tip for containing the mess when using iron filings and magnets with kids! We have been studying about magnets in the middle boys’ science book. It’s always fun to use iron filings to see the lines of a magnet’s magnetic field, but with a 4 year old and a toddler […]

Have you ever gone to the science center or the Discovery Center and played with the magnet sand or Magnet Iron Filings. My kids think it is so cool. So we thought it would be a fen lesson and hands on project as part of my daughters Science Party. It is a great way to learn […]

Life is like a magnet. We all attract and repel all the time. We attract the things that are most like us and our thoughts, and we repel things that aren’t like us. Once we know what we love and...

Exhibition dates: 13th November 2012 – 7th April 2013 From the Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography at the V&A and the British Museum Newsha Tavakolian (Iranian…

Here's an element factoid for you: Not all iron is magnetic. Here's the science behind the fact.

the Magnetic field Researchers at the Antisocial Network run across dozens of questionable freelancer posts every time they fire up their search engines (Google more than Bing, if you're interested). Lots and lots are about do-it-yourself projects or about figuring out what's wrong with your car, but there's also a healthy dose of misinformation about the natural world out there; especially science. J-school, history, poly-sci and English majors are particularly likely to mangle even the…

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a series of demonstrations about different electrical and magnetic phenomena. -has a 6 page .pdf file to download