Magnetic gravity trick grows perfect crystals

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Magnetic gravity trick grows perfect crystals

Scientists have shown that a strong magnetic field can mimic the effects of microgravity when growing protein crystals.

The approach uses the same principle famously employed to levitate a live frog in 1997. This exploits the fact that diamagnetic materials - including most organic materials - are repelled by very strong magnetic fields as a result of changes in the orbital motion of their electrons.


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