Magnetic monopoles outed, powerless to help grand unified theory

Magnetic monopoles are cropping up in a material called spin ice, but their origins may still be too specific to that material to form the basis of a grand unified theory.

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[picklesthefirecat]

But since the monopoles are limited to this system, it's debatable whether these are really the monopoles that theorists are looking for.

...just made me think "Jedi mind trick" for some reason.