magnetic

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The potential of iron-nitride magnets was discovered in the 1950s, but the technology languished for decades because it was hard to create enough magnetic material at scale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Lisowski says: "These findings provide the first concrete evidence of how the Earth's magnetic field can be perceived within the body and passed on to the brain to guide movement."

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

They also analyzed the liver and spleen using techniques known as "vibrating sample magnetometry" and "magnetic cell separation."

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

"Iron is crystallized in oxide nanoparticles making the cells superparamagnetic and reactive to magnetic fields. We found by far the strongest magnetic response in liver tissue," adds Prof. Ulf Wiedwald, from the University of Duisburg-Essen.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

Hailey had conducted two expeditions to make the measurements on which the map was based, and the hope was that this would open the way to using magnetic variation to measure longitude.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton