Compromise is key to keeping a team humming along. Say one person wants an inrunner electric motor, and the other prefers ...
Pigeons may sense Earth’s magnetic field using their inner ear, sending signals to brain areas that help with navigation and ...
The Earth's magnetic field and oxygen evolved together over 540 million years, according to a major NASA study.
New research reveals how cryptochromes, magnetite, and electromagnetic induction help animals detect magnetic cues and find ...
Recently the MagQuest competition on improving the measuring of the Earth’s magnetic field announced that the contestants in ...
Our planet’s magnetosphere has seen dramatic shifts across its history—even total reversals—but this recent wrinkle doesn’t ...
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Pigeons Rely on the Earth’s Magnetic Field to Navigate. Now, Researchers May Have Uncovered How They Do It
The vestibular system, a set of structures in the inner ears that helps with balance, may grant the birds their special ability ...
Researchers have developed a precision magnetometer based on a special material that changes optical properties in response ...
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, in collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...
Soft fibres that adapt their form and mechanical properties reversibly and rapidly under a magnetic field that is safe for human health have been developed and used to make yarns and fabrics. These ...
Pigeons can sense Earth’s magnetic field by detecting tiny electric currents in their inner ears, a team of researchers suggests. Such an inner compass could help to explain how certain animals can ...
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Ultrafast light drives 10x magnetic motion, offering new tools for quantum devices
A new study reveals how trillionth-of-a-second light pulses strongly deflect magnetization by exploiting orbital-spin ...
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