Stars, jets and batteries: Multi-faceted magnetic phenomenon confirmed in the laboratory for the first time

Magnetic instabilities play a crucial role in the emergence of black holes and other cosmic phenomena. At the Helmholtz- Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, confirmation of such a magnetic instability - the Tayler instability - was successfully achieved for the first time in collaboration with the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics in Potsdam. The findings should be able to facilitate construction of large liquid-metal batteries, which are under discussion as cheap storage facilities for renewable energy.

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