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Scientists build a magnet in China that is a million times stronger than Earth’s magnetic core

The 45.22-tesla magnet sits just shy of the record for the world’s most powerful magnet.

China started using the world’s most powerful magnet for scientific research. The magnet is roughly the size of a coin, but creates an impressive 45.22-tesla magnetic field.

The world’s most powerful magnet ever (45.5 tesla) was developed by the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in the U.S.


Steady High Magnetic Field Facility (SHMFF)

The magnet is said to be roughly the size of a coin, with a diameter of 33mm. Despite its modest size, it creates a stable magnetic field of 45.22 tesla, which is more than a million times stronger than the Earth’s magnetic field.

Scientists identify what makes humans able to speak compared to other primates

It’s an evolutionary simplification of the larynx.

A so-called evolutionary simplification of the larynx led to human speech. This trait is still present today. Researchers are unsure at what point in history it evolved.

Scientists have spotted the evolutionary modifications in the voice box that make humans able to speak compared to other primates. They did this through an examination of the voice box, or larynx, in 43 species of primates.


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No vocal membrane.

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