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Blasting an iron sample with laser pulses to demagnetize it

Researchers blasted an iron sample with laser pulses to demagnetize it

Researchers blasted an iron sample with laser pulses to demagnetize it, then grazed the sample with X-rays, using the patterns formed when the X-rays scattered to uncover details of the process.

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