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Electromagnets could help clean up space junk

29 Nov 2021 Isabelle Dumé
Jacob Abbott
Jake J Abbott developed a new way to manipulate orbiting space debris using spinning magnets. (Courtesy: Dan Hixson/University of Utah College of Engineering)
Researchers at the University of Utah in the US have used a set of electromagnets to move non-magnet

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