Credit: Photo by Oliver Lindecke
Mammals see with their eyes, hear with their ears and smell with their nose. But which sense or organ allows them to orient themselves on their migrations, which sometimes go far beyond their local foraging areas and therefore require an extended ability to navigate? Scientific experiments led by the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW), published together with Prof. Richard A. Holland (Bangor University, UK) and Dr. Gunārs P?tersons (Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies) now show that the cornea of the eyes is the location of such an important sense in migrating bats. If the cornea is anaesthetised, the otherwise reliable sense of orientation is disturbed while light detection remains unimpaired. The experiment suggests the localisation of a magnetic sense in mammals. The paper is published in the scientific journal
Nevomo/Hyperloop in Berlin, Zurich and Vienna expansion
Nevomo begins its European expansion. The start-up has established cooperation with EUREF-Campus Düsseldorf and the University of Applied Sciences Emden / Leer in Germany. The company’s founders also announce the opening of a Swiss branch.
Nevomo, formerly known as Hyper Poland, is developing magrail technology based on magnetic levitation, which enables travel at speeds of up to 550 km/h using the existing railway infrastructure, and also allows for the phased implementation of the hyperloop vacuum railway. The company has decided that the time has come to expand its operations on a European scale, which will contribute to acquiring new partners and strategic cooperation and, as a result, lead to rapid growth of the company.