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There must be a plasma based mechanism by which magnetic fields are created essentially from nothing. - Nuno Loureiro

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A reminder of a demo at MIT of magnetically compressing plasma on 12/6/17…I have no proof the late Nuno Loureiro had any involvement in this video just that he working on magnetic reconnection,turbulence and its role in fusion, at MIT from 2016-2025, he received tenure in 2017.

A reminder of a demo at MIT of magnetically compressing plasma on 12/6/17…I have no proof the late Nuno Loureiro had any involvement in this video just that he working on magnetic reconnection,turbulence and its role in fusion, at MIT from 2016-2025, he received tenure in 2017.

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On November 7, 2024, the sun ejected a massive plasma in a phenomenon known as a coronal mass ejection. Captured by specialized space observatories, the footage shows the sun's magnetic fields twisting and snapping, propelling plasma outwards in arcs.

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The Sun holds plasma a hundred thousand kilometres above its own surface using nothing but magnetic field lines. Those fields are not permanent. When one destabilises, everything it was holding has nowhere to go but down. This is a failed eruption coronal rain on a catastrophic scale. Millions of tonnes of plasma falling back at three hundred kilometres a second, hammering the surface it came from, each impact throwing up fountains that fall again. The Sun rained on itself. Fire is only supposed to rise. On a star, it doesn’t get the choice.

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A simple needle can turn into a makeshift compass with a leaf & water. 🧭🪡 By magnetizing the sewing pin, you've essentially created a miniature magnet. When this mini-magnet is allowed to float freely on the water, it aligns itself with Earth's larger magnetic field, acting as a compass and pointing towards magnetic north.

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🚨 BREAKING Magnetic fields usually destroy superconductivity. But in a new Nature Physics paper, researchers found a 2D crystal where a magnetic field actually helps superconductivity appear. That’s wild. By doping ultrathin LaSb₂ with magnetic Ce impurities, the field suppresses disruptive spin fluctuations allowing a superconducting dome to emerge. So the field isn’t only breaking order. It’s removing the noise that prevents order. That feels like a deeper principle: Sometimes stability appears when the right disturbance cancels the wrong disturbance. Could future superconductors be tuned by controlling magnetic disorder itself? Follow me I track where physics starts breaking its own rules.

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In the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in the U.S. sits "Little Big Coil", the most powerful continuous magnetic field ever created by humans - reaching 48.7 tesla, over 1 million times stronger than Earth's magnetic field. This record-breaking magnet uses a hybrid design, combining superconducting coils with a resistive magnet to push matter into regimes never seen before. Backed by $195M from the NSF and ongoing state funding, NHMFL scientists use it to study quantum materials, extreme superconductivity, fusion-relevant physics, and exotic states of matter. Under fields this intense, atoms distort, electrons behave strangely, and materials reveal secrets that could redefine quantum technology, energy systems, and medical science.

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