How pigeons fly hundreds of kilometers and still find their way home has long fascinated people. Now, researchers say a surprising answer may be hidden, not in the brain or eyes of birds, but in the ...
Flashes of femtosecond laser light, lasting just a few trillionths of a second, have made it possible to observe new magnetic ...
A nuclear fusion experiment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has set a record for the strongest steady magnetic field confining a plasma, ushering in new hope that forthcoming demonstration ...
Today's computers store information using only two values: 0 and 1. But as electronic devices become smaller and reach their ...
Pigeons find their way home by using magnetic sensors in their livers, suggests new research. Immune cells packed with iron act as an “internal compass” – helping the birds detect the Earth’s magnetic ...