Light has always been described as an elegant partnership of electric and magnetic fields, yet for nearly two centuries ...
A blazar is an extraordinarily bright object with a supermassive black hole at its core. Some of the matter falling into the ...
In the late 1800s, the French naturalist Camille Viguier proposed an idea that would be dismissed and forgotten for more than ...
Brain scans show how birds turn head movements into GPS signals using specialized ear cells. In A Nutshell Using whole-brain ...
For nearly two centuries, scientists have believed that only the electric side of light played a role in certain magnetic ...
Teams in France are assembling the core of ITER, the gigantic experiment that seeks to harness energy from fusion, similar to ...
Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...
By using one physical principle—magnetism—to drive both movement and power, the team created a robot that is more efficient, ...
James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
This fundamental study presents experimental evidence on how geomagnetic and visual cues are integrated in a nocturnally migrating insect. The evidence supporting the conclusions is compelling. The ...