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Spinning the Core

Laboratory dynamos attempt to generate magnetic fields the way planets and stars do

dynamo experiment

The dynamo experiment at the University of Maryland is the biggest ever made with  whirling molten sodium.

Santiago Andrés Triana

By Alexandra Witze

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