The 30-tonne magnet that will form the centrepiece of the world鈥檚 most
powerful body scanner is on its way from Magnex Scientific of Oxford to the Ohio
State University Medical School. Once assembled, the scanner will produce a
magnetic field 160 000 times as strong as that of the Earth. It will be used to
study human brain function and analyse its biochemistry.
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