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Physicists Think They’ve Found a Way to Harvest Energy from Earth’s Rotation — And It Might Be Just Crazy Enough to Work
In theory, as Earth spins through its magnetic field, any conductive material placed on its surface should experience a force ...
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Can Earth’s Rotation Generate Electricity? Physicists Divided over Controversial Idea
Experiments suggest an unusual magnetic material could help harness energy from Earth’s rotation. But not everyone is ...
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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 ...
Magnetic 'microflowers' enhance local magnetic fields
A flower-shaped structure only a few micrometers in size made of a nickel-iron alloy can concentrate and locally enhance ...
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Power Generated From Earth's Movement Through its Own Magnetic Field
Nearly two centuries after Faraday's failed attempts, scientists have demonstrated that Earth's continuous spin can directly ...