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Magnetic levitation shows promise for manufacturing

nylon screw being magnetically levitated

A nylon screw and other objects can be rotated and reoriented when placed in a magnetic liquid and manipulated with two external magnets.

George M. Whitesides Group, Harvard/YouTube

By Ashley Yeager

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