Tuesday, May 15, 2007

New Uses for Magnets

from Wired.com

"Since 2001, SharkDefense has been working on a chemical shark repellent. According to
Herrmann, he and Stroud were playing around with powerful rare-earth magnets in 2005, when he dropped one next to their shark research tank in Oak Ridge, New Jersey. The lemon and nurse sharks inside instantly darted to the opposite wall."
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/news/2007/05/sharkmagnets

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