Magnetism's subatomic roots

Saturday, September 4, 2010 - 06:00 in Physics & Chemistry

The modern world - with its ubiquitous electronic devices and electrical power - can trace its lineage directly to the discovery, less than two centuries ago, of the link between electricity and magnetism. But while engineers have harnessed electromagnetic forces on a global scale, physicists still struggle to describe the dance between electrons that creates magnetic fields...

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