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Earth's Core Made In Miniature

Posted by Unknown on from the evil-geniuses-for-a-molten-tomorrow dept.

ananyo writes "A 3-meter-tall metal sphere full of molten sodium is about to start work modeling the Earth's core. The gigantic dynamo, which has taken researchers ten years to build, 'will generate a self-sustaining electromagnetic field that can be poked, prodded and coaxed for clues about Earth's dynamo, which is generated by the movement of liquid iron in the outer core.'"

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  1. Re:Woohoo! by durrr · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Next step is to drop the content of the sphere into a lake surrounded by high speed 4k cameras with hardened storage units.