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Turbulence at a pinch

Nature Physics volume 6, pages 167–168 (2010)Cite this article

Plasmas, like most fluids, usually become more homogeneous when subjected to turbulence. But in the Earth's magnetosphere, and in an unusual device whose confining field is generated by a levitated half-tonne superconducting magnet, precisely the opposite sometimes happens.

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