Researchers have discovered magnetic monopoles

Re:Researchers have discovered magnetic monopoles by Loughla on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @07:47PM (#38551499)

So the only context I have for monopoles comes from the Ringworld books and stories (I'm pretty sure that was it).

What are the actual uses?

I can't get the article to load, if that's in there.

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Re:Researchers have discovered magnetic monopoles by chaps on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @08:22PM (#38551715)

Inflationary cosmology leans a lot on the existence of magnet monopoles.

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Re:Researchers have discovered magnetic monopoles by foota on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @08:45PM (#38551843)

Why is this, if you don't mind?

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Re:Researchers have discovered magnetic monopoles by Anon84 on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @07:51PM (#38551529)

One practical one would be super fast computer memory

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Re:Researchers have discovered magnetic monopoles by carabiner on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @08:35PM (#38551799)

Video games will be more realistic.

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Re:Researchers have discovered magnetic monopoles by hnuser123456 on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @10:16PM (#38552422)

Perpetual motion machine. Make a ring of monopoles all facing one direction along the circumference of the ring. Put a 2nd ring of opposing monopoles inside facing the opposite direction along the ring.

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Re:Researchers have discovered magnetic monopoles by whatshisface on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @10:47PM (#38552614)

If that would work with magnets it'd work with electric charges.

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Re:Researchers have discovered magnetic monopoles by radarsat1 on Thursday December 07, 2023 @08:50AM (#38556223)

Stupid question. If you develop a quasi-particle monopole, which I guess is something that is not a monopole but behaves like one, can you use it in such a configuration and get the behaviour you are describing?

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