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Breaking the Rules of Magnetism: Unusual Crystal Surprises Physicists With Cooling Effect (scitechdaily.com)

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...when atacamite is exposed to a magnetic field, its temperature changes, a rare and valuable behavior that could help shape the future of cooling technologies...

Journal article:
https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.216701

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[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Garbage article.

We have been well aware of this type of magnetic interfering crystalline structure in materials like ferrite.

And there is absolutely nothing new or novel about heating and cooling when magnetic fields are applied and released.

Hot air.