A new model for plasma flow within the sun provides novel explanations for sunspots, the 11-year sunspot cycle, solar magnetic reversals and other previously unexplained solar phenomena. …read more Source:: Science
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Gravitational forces in protoplanetary disks may push super-Earths close to their stars
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•Astronomers found that as planets form out of the chaotic churn of gravitational, hydrodynamic — or, drag — and magnetic forces and collisions within the dusty, gaseous protoplanetary disk that …read more Source:: Science
Nanoparticles take a fantastic, magnetic voyage
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•Engineers have designed tiny robots that can help drug-delivery nanoparticles push their way out of the bloodstream and into a tumor or another disease site. The magnetic microrobots could help …read more Source:: Science
Powerful jet discovered coming from ‘wrong’ kind of star
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•Discovery of a jet of material launched by a highly magnetic neutron star forces rethinking a longstanding theory about the origin of such jets. …read more Source:: Science
Scientists develop new materials that move in response to light
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•Researchers have developed magnetic elastomeric composites that move in different ways when exposed to light, raising the possibility that these materials could enable a wide range of products that perform …read more Source:: Science
Breakthrough in controlling DNA-based robots
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•Researchers have devised a magnetic control system to make tiny DNA-based robots move on demand — and much faster than recently possible. …read more Source:: Science
NASA’s SDO Reveals How Magnetic Cage on the Sun Stopped Solar Eruption
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•A dramatic magnetic power struggle at the Sun’s surface lies at the heart of solar eruptions, new research shows. …read more Source:: Science
Quantum simulators wield control over more than 50 qubits, setting new record
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•Scientists have used more than 50 interacting atomic qubits to mimic magnetic quantum matter, blowing past the complexity of previous demonstrations. …read more Source:: Science
NASA’s MAVEN mission finds Mars has a twisted magnetic tail
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•Mars has an invisible magnetic ‘tail’ that is twisted by interaction with the solar wind, according to new research using data from NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft. …read more Source:: Science
Atomic clock mimics long-sought synthetic magnetic state
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•Physicists have caused atoms in a gas to behave as if they possess unusual magnetic properties long sought in harder-to-study solid materials. …read more Source:: Science