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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/Shutterstock (10973262m) A customer being assisted by an Apple employee as the American technology brand has launched its new iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro smartphones in Hong Kong. Brands and logos in Hong Kong, China - 24 Oct 2020

iPhone and Apple Watch magnets are strong enough to disrupt pacemakers

26 August 2021

The magnets used in the iPhone 12 and Apple Watch 6 are strong enough to disrupt medical implants such as pacemakers if held too close to the body, according to tests done by the US Food and Drug Administration
ITER reactor

World's most powerful magnet being shipped to ITER fusion reactor

15 June 2021

The world’s most powerful magnet, 280,000 times stronger than Earth's own magnetic field, is being shipped to France for installation in the core of the ITER fusion reactor

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