Sea turtles navigate using Earth's magnetic field like a GPS. Scientists found they learn and remember magnetic locations.

A new trick for illuminating the internal ordering within a special type of magnet could help engineers build better ...

Even in the fuzzy, probabilistic world of quantum physics, though, there’s a limit on how small you can go. Both ...

Loggerhead turtles navigate using magnetic fields, and new research has revealed more about this remarkable ability.

A pair of physicists at the University of Crete has found that some types of biological magnetoreceptors used by various ...

Earth's magnetic field occasionally bursts into song — but these compositions are written with electromagnetic radiation, not ...

It took 250 years for the Laschamps reversal to take place and it stayed in the unusual orientation for about 440 years. At most, Earth's magnetic field may have remained at 25 percent of its current ...

The energy resolution limit (ERL) is a mix of parameters representing the economics of a quantum system within a sensor's ...

Scientists have discovered a new reason for turtles to dance for joy: Loggerhead sea turtles seem able to discern and remember magnetic field signatures, which could help them find food.

New research indicates that matter ejected during the supernova death of a star can fall back to neutrons stars, giving rise ...

Scientists have unlocked a previously unseen behavior of acoustic waves, opening up new possibilities for cutting-edge ...