Magnetic rocks aid oil exploration
A new study has pinpointed the relationship between oil reservoirs and magnetic rocks, which could lead to more accurate oil exploration.
Earth Sciences
Jul 3, 2013
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News tagged with magnetic minerals
Research update: Atomic motions help determine temperatures inside Earth
(Phys.org)—In December 2011, Caltech mineral-physics expert Jennifer Jackson reported that she and a team of researchers had used diamond-anvil cells to compress tiny samples of iron—the main element of the earth's core. ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 15, 2013
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Team to develop supermagnets using materials that mimic iron-nickel found in meteorites
(Phys.org)—Joseph Goldstein, an engineering professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is part of a research team trying to produce an iron-nickel alloy that is currently only found in meteorites, for use in ...
Materials Science
Dec 12, 2012
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Missing data on Earth's magnetic field is in the oven
(Phys.org)—A New Zealand research team hopes to retrieve missing parts of a puzzle about the Earth's magnetic field and changes to it over time. Grabbing their attention are the stones that line Maori steam ovens. They ...
Tracking a Jurassic reversal of the Earth's magnetic field
Roughly 180 million years ago, during the height of the Jurassic period, the Earth's magnetic field flipped, bringing the magnetic north pole once again into the Northern Hemisphere.
Earth Sciences
May 17, 2012
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'Ferropaper' is new technology for small motors, robots
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Purdue University have created a magnetic "ferropaper" that might be used to make low-cost "micromotors" for surgical instruments, tiny tweezers to study cells and miniature speakers.
Nanomaterials
Jan 5, 2010
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Hand axes in Europe nearly a million years old: study
Early humans used two-sided stone axes in Europe up to 900,000 years ago, far earlier than previously thought, according to a study released Wednesday.
Archaeology
Sep 2, 2009
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Magnetic microbe genome attracting attention for biotech research
The smallest organisms to use a biological compass are magnetotactic bacteria, however mysteries remain about exactly how these bacteria create their cellular magnets. In a study published online in Genome Research, scientists ...
Biotechnology
Aug 11, 2009
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