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The Plastic Fractal Magnet
bedessen writes "An article at NewsFactor summarizes the developments in new plastics that exhibit magnetic fields of fractal dimensions. Whereas a simple bar magnet produces magnetic fields that go from the north pole to the south pole, the fields of the new hybrid plastic sprout like branches of a cactus lined with secondary fields that resemble needles. As these fields become increasingly interlocked, they exhibit a unique kind of order. This intensely ordered structure might one day be key to storing information with a very high density. The researchers behind this are Arthur Epstein, director of the Center for Materials Research at Ohio State University, and Joel Miller, a professor of chemistry at the University of Utah. There's also this PDF overview of the subject, which is quite technical but still readable."
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all that shiznat!
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...that was really stoopid.
The radiation sensing watch? A new kind of magnet? What's next, a talking banana?
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hey, some interesting science coming from my alamamater.. el coolness.. phwttt on you slashdot jargon spewers.. na na na na...
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