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We found that exposure of aqueous microsphere suspensions to uniform magnetic fields creates exclusion (microsphere-free water) zones (EZ) adjacent to magnetic poles. The EZ size was larger next to the north pole than the south pole. The fact that EZ water can be created by static magnetic fields is significant: it provides new ways to build EZ water, and by doing so, may help explain the well-known therapeutic properties of magnetic fields. In this context, particularly interesting is the observation that the influence of N water and S water may differ.
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Much of the water in living cells lies very near to one or another hydrophilic surface, and as that water is interfacial, it should likely be ordered (EZ). If so, then ordered water needs to be considered when considering cell behavior. The fact that EZ water can be created by static magnetic fields is therefore significant: it provides new ways to build EZ water, and by doing so, may help explain the well-known therapeutic properties of magnetic fields.
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This page is a summary of: Magnetic fields induce exclusion zones in water, PLoS ONE, May 2022, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268747.
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