It took 250 years for the Laschamps reversal to take place and it stayed in the unusual orientation for about 440 years. At most, Earth's magnetic field may have remained at 25 percent of its current ...

Dreaming of warmer weather? It's on its way, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac, but something else may be coming along ...

Antimatter is a fascinating kind of matter made up of antiparticles, which have a mass equivalent to that of their normal ...

The human body was not built for spaceflight, with its microgravity conditions, exposure to high-energy radiation and other ...

Reportedly, this nickel-based superconductor can achieve superconductivity above -233°C (minus 387 Fahrenheit) at “normal ...

Xue Qikun, a deputy to the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, and president of the Shenzhen-based Southern ...

The human body was not built for spaceflight, with its microgravity conditions, exposure to high-energy radiation and other ...

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney have proven that ...

Combining experiments in microfluidic devices and computer simulation, this study provides a valuable analysis of the relevant parameters that determine the motility of (multicellular) magnetotactic ...

Non-mixing layers of water and hydrocarbons thousands of miles deep could explain the icy planets’ strange magnetic fields.

The Valentine's Day northern lights will largely be visible in Canada and Alaska, but a few northern-most states may see the ...

It’s neither fast nor food, but a spectacular object called HH 30 looks appetizing for astronomers in a new image from the ...