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Scientists create magnetic device to capture electricity from Earth’s rotational dynamics
A wild idea has been proposed to generate electric power from Earth’s rotation with the help of magnetic fields. A new ...
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Metals and Magnetism
Metals are the only substances that are magnetic. But some metals are magnetic and some are not. The most common magnetic metal is iron. You don't see too many objects made of pure iron but you do see ...
Reading magnetic states faster—in far infrared
With today's data rates of only a few hundred megabytes per second, access to digital information remains relatively slow.
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Single-molecule magnets made easy
Using accessible techniques and a wealth of knowledge, researchers in Moscow have synthesised a new series of promising molecular magnets 1. The results, reported in the Russian Journal of ...