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Mar. 22 Pointed Attraction - The scissors won't fall. And it isn't magic either. The scissors is being held at its trip by one of the most powerful small magnets ever made. Bell Telephone Laboratories scientists discovered some new magnetic materials, and they have cast these magnets into small sizes and shapes like this disc This can't be done with conventional magnetic materials because the poles are so close together. The magnets are ideally suited for use in small motors. Some oof the rare earths in the new materials are samarium - a hard somewhat brittle metal, and cerium - a steel-gray metal commonly used in the flint in your lighter

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