NASA Science News for February 28, 2001

Curious chains of magnetic crystals have turned up in a meteorite from Mars. Why didn't the single-file crystals collapse long ago into a magnetized clump? Scientists say ancient martian microbes may have kept them in line.

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http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast28feb_1.htm?list154233

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