(Natural News) A “eureka moment” is perhaps the best way to describe what a team of physicists from Stanford University went through after they discovered a property that, at first, only existed as a theory: orbital ferromagnetism. Orbital ferromagnetism is a form of magnetism caused by the lining up of the electrons’ orbital motions. According to […]

(Natural News) A team of Japanese and American researchers reported that some humans share the natural ability of animals to detect magnetic fields. Thanks to their internal compass that senses the north magnetic pole, these individuals may have a superior sense of direction compared with other people. Homing pigeons, turtles, and warthogs are just some […]

(Natural News) Since humans started tracking Earth’s magnetic field for the last four centuries or so, it has steadily drifted westward. Experts have wondered about the reason for this movement, but a study presents a possible reason for the drift. The study, titled “Could hydrodynamic Rossby waves explain the westward drift?” was published in the journal Proceedings […]

(Natural News) You might remember your Geology teacher droning about the molten iron core of the Earth generating a strong magnetic field. As it turns out, the currents of the oceans also contribute a field of their own that helps protect our planet – and us humans – from dangerous solar wind, an article from Space.com states. […]