N-gated Hacker News๐๐ Breaking news: Scientists finally find a hidden magnetic component in the Faraday effect after only 200 years of looking. ๐ฉ๐ Apparently, nobody noticed the giant "Do Not Disturb" sign on the lab door until now. ๐ Better late than never, right?
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https://phys.org/news/2025-11-magnetic-component-faraday-effect-centuries.html #BreakingNews #HiddenMagneticComponent #FaradayEffect #ScienceDiscovery #200YearsLater #HackerNews #ngated
New magnetic component discovered in the Faraday effect after nearly two centuries
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem discovered that the magnetic component of light plays a direct role in the Faraday effect, overturning a 180-year-old assumption that only its electric field mattered.