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Technology

Computer made from swirly magnets can recognise handwritten digits

A prototype computer built using a magnetic material called a skyrmion has been programmed to recognise handwritten digits. The approach could be particularly energy-efficient

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Model of an electric motor

Physics

Show children how to make a simple electric motor with a magnet

Regulars

Wave-like flow at the surface of the Earth's outer core and background magnetic field lines.

Earth

Tiny magnetic waves have been discovered in Earth’s core

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The Large Hadron Collider blips that could herald a new era of physics

Physics

The Large Hadron Collider blips that could herald a new era of physics

Features

The aftermath of a 2010 tsunami in Chile

Earth

Tsunamis create magnetic fields that could act as early warning system

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Technology

iPhone and Apple Watch magnets are strong enough to disrupt pacemakers

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Handheld railgun as powerful as an air rifle to go on sale in the US

Technology

Handheld railgun as powerful as an air rifle to go on sale in the US

News

Black holes follow the no hair theorem

Space

Black holes with magnetic field ‘hair’ shed it in loops of hot plasma

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Best ever views of Mars's weird auroras taken by UAE's Hope orbiter

Space

Best ever views of Mars's weird auroras taken by UAE's Hope orbiter

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Robin and magnetic field

Life

We may finally know how migrating birds sense Earth's magnetic field

A molecule in the eyes of migrating birds called cryptochrome 4 is sensitive to magnetism, potentially giving the animals an internal compass

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Physics

World's most powerful magnet being shipped to ITER fusion reactor

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Space

New picture of famous black hole reveals its swirling magnetic field

News

Space

Sun's bumpy magnetic fields might explain why its atmosphere is so hot

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Electromagnetism