magnetic field
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This record captures the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary, the most recent major reversal of Earth's magnetic field, which serves as a precise global time marker in the Quaternary period.
From Science Daily
Other materials are harder to fabricate in the required configurations, but they may allow excitons to remain stable at higher temperatures and without the need for a magnetic field.
From Science Daily
The findings suggest that these enormous bodies of solid, superheated rock -- surrounded by a pole-to-pole ring of cooler material -- have played a role in shaping Earth's magnetic field for millions of years.
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In a new study published in Physical Review E, physicists at Auburn University found that even very weak magnetic fields can significantly change how dusty plasmas behave.
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Large commercial ships are particularly vulnerable to magnetic mines, which respond to changes in the magnetic field.
From BBC
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