Einstein once cited the origin of the Earth's magnetic field as one of the fundamental unsolved problems of physics. Although there has been progress on paper, experimental models have been elusive until now.
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Jackson, A. Critical time for fluid dynamos. Nature 405, 1003–1004 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35016667
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