Do you know how birds know where to fly, stop, and stay? Discover the secret of how they migrate so successfully by seeing ...

For just over two years, a scalar magnetometer developed by Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) and the Space Research Institute (IWF) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences has been on its way to ...

Imagine you step outside, but instead of pulling out your phone to check Google Maps, a glowing, invisible grid is just ...

“This magnetic switchback was formed via interchange reconnection at the interface between open magnetosheath and closed ...

For centuries, homing pigeons have amazed people with their ability to return home across vast distances. Even when released ...

The development of new technologies drives scientific discoveries, the development of new materials and their applications and is thereby essential to the U.S. leadership in the global competitive ...

Scientists have long known that migrating birds and homing pigeons navigate in part by sensing the Earth’s magnetic fields, especially at night or in overcast conditions when visual landmarks or ...

Earth's magnetic field is generated in the outer core, 2,900 kilometers (1,800 miles) below sea level. (ESA/AOES Medialab) Something strange is going on, deep below the ground beneath our feet. In the ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have been asked to conduct a study on high-magnetic-field science and technology. The primary goal of the Committee on the Current Status ...