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The paradox powering Earth’s magnetic field
Our planet’s protective force field appears to be billions of years older than the mechanism that got it going. So what really made Earth magnetic?
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Air pollution is sending tiny magnetic particles into your brain
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Feedback: a calling card for water fruitloopery
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Metamaterial wormhole teleports magnetic fields across space
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Health
Single cells made to levitate, just like frogs and mice
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One Per Cent
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Life
Bacteria power up by using magnets as batteries
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Physics
Three ways to fix the LHC before its big reboot
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World’s biggest magnet to power Indian neutrino hunter
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Magnetic messages let smartphones receive secret data
The magnetometer sitting in your smartphone can do more than just tell which way to go: it can also be used to receive messages
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Magnetic bricks beam 3D objects into your screen
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Space
Japan’s huge magnetic net will trawl for space junk
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Life
How do you control a spermbot? Try a magnetic field
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Piercing steers wheelchairs with a flick of the tongue
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