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There’s a weird new type of magnet that shouldn't be able to exist

7 February 2019

Take a form of uranium that shouldn’t be magnetic, mix it with antimony and cool it down, and you get a new kind of magnet that could speed up computers

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There’s a weird new type of magnet that shouldn't be able to exist

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