A recent study adds a sixth way animals may use magnetoreception.
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Researchers were surprised to find how widespread this magnetic property was, not only across families of bees but also beetles, wasps and flies.
Ecosystems can behave surprisingly like magnets, say scientists.
The sun’s magnetic activity causes auroras, and the relationship between solar flares and auroras reveals an 11-year cycle; we’re experiencing a particularly busy one right now.
The science that wins the Nobel Prize in Physics each year can be hard to get your head around – but it often has real everyday implications.
New research reveals that the London Underground is polluted with small particles which may carry negative health effects for humans.
Fusion produces more energy per gram of fuel than any other process that could be achieved on Earth.
Researchers have found the first Australian evidence of this global event, during which people on Earth would have witnessed a multitude of spectacular auroras.
Earth’s magnetic field locks information into lava as it cools into rock. Millions of years later, scientists can decipher this magnetic data to build geologic timelines and maps.
The Earth’s magnetic field was most likely weaker when life evolved on our planet than it is today.
Your brain’s sensory talents go way beyond those traditional five senses. A team of geoscientists and neurobiologists explored how the human brain monitors and responds to magnetic fields.
The energy needed to pull magnets apart comes from you, and you get it from the food you eat. And the plants or animals you eat get their energy from other plants and animals, or from the Sun. All energy comes from somewhere.
A sudden flare and cooling of gas around a black hole has enabled astronomers to measure the magnetic field of a black hole for the first time – finding it much weaker than expected.
You can log in to your smartphone by talking to it. Current security systems don’t protect enough against imitators. The best way to ensure voice authentication is secure is to start with the sound.
Physicists have theorised about the existence of a magnetic monopole for decades, but we have yet to find one.
The speed comparison between today’s technology and femtosecond spintronics is like comparing the fastest bullet train on Earth to the speed of light.
After half a century of trying, scientists have finally caught a glimpse of the magnetic process that fuels space weather and the northern lights.
Here’s how they could revolutionise science.
Warning: you’ll never watch a lightsaber duel in the same way again after you read this …
The engineers who brought this science-fiction stable to life relied on some very well established science fact.
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