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We’ve discovered a new kind of magnetism. What can we do with it?

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We’ve discovered a new kind of magnetism. What can we do with it?

Researchers have found the first new type of magnet in nearly a century. Now, these strange "altermagnets" could help us build an entirely new type of computer

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Technology

Tiny jellyfish robots made of ferrofluid can be controlled with light

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Technology

Google's new quantum computer may help us understand how magnets work

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Mars

Space

What would happen if we pulled out Mars’s iron core with a magnet?

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Illustration of altermagnetism in a chemical compound

Physics

The existence of a new kind of magnetism has been confirmed

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A rotating magnet can cause another one to levitate

Technology

Mysterious rotation trick makes magnets float in the air

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Technology

Magnetic-levitation device separates and sorts viruses from the air

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Microplastic pollution of the sea

Chemistry

Trapping powder quickly removes all microplastics from water

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Liquid robot can split into tiny droplets and reform into a blob

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Liquid robot can split into tiny droplets and reform into a blob

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robot

Technology

Robot made of sticky tape and metal powder could crawl on your organs

Tiny robots made of metallic powder stuck to plastic tape and controlled by magnetic fields could one day crawl inside internal organs and repair injuries

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Physics

Earth’s magnetosphere replicated in miniature using lasers and magnets

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Physics

Strongest ever magnetic field fails to make predicted exotic particles

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Environment

Nearly blind mole rats use their eyes to detect magnetic fields

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Last Word

Does magnetism decay over time?

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