Science News for Kids » mineral http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Sat, 18 May 2013 04:07:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Making rocks into magnets http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/making-rocks-into-magnets/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/making-rocks-into-magnets/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:44:12 +0000 Sid Perkins http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14296 Lodestone is the most magnetic and common type of natural magnet.Credit: Wikimedia/Ryan Somma

Lab experiments show one way that certain types of stones can morph into magnets ]]> Lodestone is the most magnetic and common type of natural magnet.Credit: Wikimedia/Ryan Somma

Lab experiments show one way that certain types of stones can morph into magnets ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/making-rocks-into-magnets/feed/ 0 Stony bacteria http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/05/stony-bacteria/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/05/stony-bacteria/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 18:12:27 +0000 Roberta Kwok http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=12629 A newly discovered bacterium has pearl-like lumps inside. Credit: CNRS, K. Benzerara & S. Borensztajn

Lake-dwelling bacterium has hard lumps inside it]]> A newly discovered bacterium has pearl-like lumps inside. Credit: CNRS, K. Benzerara & S. Borensztajn

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