The walk from the southernmost tip of Northwestern’s campus to its northernmost point is only about a mile long. While the 20-minute walk between the two campuses can either feel like a ...

Magnets are characterized by the fact that they have a North pole and a South pole. If two common magnets are held close to each other, opposite poles attract and like poles repel each other. This is ...

A compass pointing west Date: March 28, 2019 Source: Paul Scherrer Institute Summary: Researchers have discovered a special phenomenon of magnetism in the nano range. It enables magnets to be ...

On Earth, compasses always point north—but when you’re drifting outside our planet’s magnetosphere, things get more complicated.

49ers’ Super Bowl compass: Things pointing south as they head to L.A. The second-place 49ers (1-1) look to rebound Sunday when they visit the injury-laden Los Angeles Rams (0-2) ...

A fashionable pick when spring training began, the Mariners are trending badly at the time things are turning serious. Perhaps this is to be expected, for a variety of reasons. They improved by 24 … ...

If all the compasses in the world started pointing south rather than north, many people might think something very strange, very unusual, and possibly very dangerous was going on. Doomsayers would ...

They are pointing east/west and Orion's sword, which hangs from the belt, points south. What was the first way you learned to navigate yourself without a compass?

Paradoxically, the Chinese had invented the simple magnetic compass before inventing the complex south-pointing chariot, and the simpler, comparatively low-tech compass eventually won the day.

LONDON -- Compass Group , the food and support services supplier with operations in 50 countries worldwide, reported for the six months ended March 31 an increase in revenues in constant currency ...

North-West and South-East coupling of atoms In this interaction, the atomic compass needles do not only align in a North-South direction, but also in an East-West direction. "Where they point depends ...