Until the arrival of GPS, the magnetic compass was the single most useful navigational tool available to humans. But it’s a recent invention. Although Chinese explorers understood the principles of ...

Primarily, the compass was used for geomancy for a long time before it was used for navigation Ancient Chinese alchemists realized that the magnetite ore would point towards a magnetic north. Their ...

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The needle will turn and then come to a complete stop. It will be facing magnetic north. You can check this by placing the compass next to the bowl. The needle is being affected by the Earth’s ...

This discovery helps explain how these remarkable ... and a separate system for determining direction (the magnetic “compass” sense). This dual system makes good biological sense.

Further verification of this discovery came through 'polarization-resolved resonant inelastic X-ray scattering', where the magnetic excitations were revealed to significantly deviate from the ...