Earth is surrounded by a magnetic field generated by electric currents from within the planet. Compasses take advantage of this field to identify north and serve as a navigational aid. But one social ...

For the first time, researchers measured the magnetic pull inside a single bacterium, turning a biological mystery into hard ...

Some inventions are so simple that it’s hard to improve them. The magnetic compass is a great example — a magnetized needle, a bit of cork, and a bowl of water are all you need to start navigating the ...

Compass Diversified Holdings has continued its strategic buying philosophy with the purchase of Arnold Magnetic Technologies, a century-old Rochester, N.Y., company whose product line includes the ...

A new study reveals that dogs are incredibly good at forging shortcuts in areas that are unfamiliar to them. The impressive ability appears to be connected to the dogs being able to tap into their own ...