Scientists Build The Very First Wormhole Device… For Magnets!

Physicists have created a wormhole device that can tunnel a magnetic field through space. It sounds like Star Trek, but we won’t be zapping humans across the universe anytime soon, but the breakthrough could revolutionise certain magnet-based technologies, including MRIs.

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Well, not a wormhole, but an interesting device, a pair of magnetic monopoles.

“consists of an interior spiral of ferromagnetic metal (bottom right) surrounded by two concentric spheres. The ferromagnet transmits magnetic field lines from one end of the device to the other. Meanwhile, a shell of yttrium barium copper oxide (a superconducting material, yellow) bends and distorts the magnetic field lines as they travel.An outer shell composed of “mu-metals” (used for shielding electronic devices, silver) perfectly cancels out the magnetic distortion of the superconductor, rendering the entire thing “magnetically invisible” from the outside. Dunk it all in a liquid nitrogen bath — superconductors only work at extremely low temperatures”

What surprises me is the simple combination of ferromagnetic, superconductor & mu-metal.

mollwollfumble said:

Well, not a wormhole, but an interesting device, a pair of magnetic monopoles.

What??

It is not a magnetic monopole in any way, shape or form. Not even close.

sibeen said:

mollwollfumble said:

Well, not a wormhole, but an interesting device, a pair of magnetic monopoles.

What??

It is not a magnetic monopole in any way, shape or form. Not even close.

You caught me out. You’re right. It’s not a wormhole either.