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Can Earth’s Rotation Generate Electricity? Physicists Divided over Controversial Idea
Experiments suggest an unusual magnetic material could help harness energy from Earth’s rotation. But not everyone is ...
Magnetic microalgae: Tiny swimmers are on a mission to become robots
A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) in Stuttgart developed a biohybrid micro ...
Scientists Create Microscopic Algae Robots With Incredible Swimming Abilities
Magnetized algae micro swimmers retain speed and maneuverability, showing promise for targeted drug delivery in confined ...
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Magnetic microalgae on a mission to become robots
They created a uniform magnetic field and repeatedly changed its direction. “We found that microalgal biohybrids navigate 3D-printed microchannels in three ways: backtracking, crossing ...
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Physicists Think They’ve Found a Way to Harvest Energy from Earth’s Rotation — And It Might Be Just Crazy Enough to Work
In theory, as Earth spins through its magnetic field, any conductive material placed on its surface should experience a force ...
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Can Earth’s rotation generate power? Physicists divided over controversial claim
As Earth rotates and part of its magnetic field remains static (at ... Normally, this would not create a current, because in a uniform field such as Earth’s, electrons feeling this push would ...