Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) are a metabolically, morphologically and phylogenetically heterogeneous group of mainly aquatic prokaryotes that passively align and actively swim along magnetic-field ...

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A new study from Lancaster University researchers reports on the presence of magnetic nanoparticles in the human brain, possibly stemming from air pollution. The ability of these particles to create ...

Scientists suggest magnetite crystals that form inside specialized receptor cells of salmon and other animals may have roots in ancient genetic systems that were developed by bacteria and passed to ...

Andrew Forrest says there’s a graveyard somewhere full of failed magnetite projects, but his will be different. Fortescue Metals Group’s Iron Bridge magnetite mine reached a first production milestone ...

Researchers at EPFL have discovered that by shining different wavelengths of light on a material called magnetite, they can change its state, making it more or less conducive to electricity. This ...

Australian iron ore producer Fortescue Metals Group (ASX:FMG) has given the green light to the $2.6 billion expansion of its Iron Bridge magnetite project in the Pilbara, Western Australia. This is ...

A 2016 study showed that exposure to urban pollution involving magnetite particles played a role in the development of Alzheimer's disease. It began from the hypothesis that magnetite particles would ...