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Oregon State University: Magnetic Pulses Alter Salmon's Orientation, Suggesting They Navigate via Magnetite in Their Tissue
May 04, 2020
CORVALLIS, Oregon, May 4 -- Oregon State University issued the following news:

Researchers in Oregon State University's College of Agricultural Sciences have taken a step closer to solving one of nature's most remarkable mysteries: How do salmon, when it's time to spawn, find their way back from distant ocean locations to the stream where they hatched?

A new study into the life cycle of salmon, involving magnetic pulses, reinforces one hypothesis: The fish use microscop . . .

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