NASA’s New Super-Magnet Is So Strong It Could Make Lab Rats Levitate

September 11, 2009 by: My Way

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NASA scientists have created an magnetic field powerful enough to make lab mice levitate. Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have created a superconducting magnet that generates enough energy to lift lab rats animals off the floor. While there were experiments with tiny animals like frogs and bugs before, this is the first time they have made a large animal like this fly under these conditions. The magnet pushes the water inside the mice up, making them fly.

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One Response to “NASA’s New Super-Magnet Is So Strong It Could Make Lab Rats Levitate”
  1. dilandinga says:

    j9swEq I bookmarked this link. Thank you for good job!

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