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December 11, 2020 | Issue 51

Insights into magnetic bacteria may guide research into medical nanorobots

Beyond the five senses: Some bacteria can sense magnetic fields. Learn how they do this and how this could help us design nanorobots.

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Understand, Physics, Biology, Engineering
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Teach

September 17, 2017 | Issue 41

A particle accelerator in your salad bowl

Create a particle accelerator using a Van de Graaff generator, a ping-pong ball and a salad bowl to understand how it is used to study matter at the smallest scale.   

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Physics
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Understand

November 7, 2012 | Issue 25

Magnetic science: developing a new surfactant

With the use of detergents and other surfactants on the rise, the resulting pollution is worrying. One answer: surfactants that can be collected and re-used simply by switching a magnetic field on and off.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Chemistry
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