Some of the most sensitive methods of measuring magnetic fields use interactions of resonant light with atomic vapour. Recent developments in this vibrant field have led to improvements in ...

Creatures from migratory eels and other fish species to insects to birds tap into the Earth’s magnetic field to navigate, sometimes many thousands of miles. But so far, evidence has been scant for any ...

In 2018 and 2019, Nature Communications published Zhang’s two research papers about microswarm, which directs millions of nanoparticles in a rapidly oscillating magnetic field in bio-fluids.

Researchers at the Technical University of Darmstadt and the Helmholtz Center Dresden-Rossendorf have developed flexible ...

Researchers created flexible robot wings inspired by monarchs, powered by magnetic fields. They enable precise movement ...

Yeast cells aren’t normally magnetic, but a little genetic engineering can make them thralls to a magnetic field. The research, published today (February 28) in PLoS Biology, suggests that ...

Would a dramatic change in the Earth's magnetic field affect creatures that rely on it during migration? Late on a January night in 1993 I found myself on a beach on the Pacific coast of Costa ...

Researchers have developed robotic wings that mimic the movement of butterfly wings using only magnetic fields, with no need ...