Future work for Kim's lab — which has recently been relocated to Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas — will include replacing the
magnetic debris with nanoparticles for a systematic
investigation of particle size, ultimately testing the range
of applications
of the robots.
Renown solar scientist Dr. K.G. McCracken from the Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University
of Maryland, in 2007 published paper: Changes in the cosmic ray and heliomagnetic components
of space climate, 1428 — 2005, including the variable occurrence
of solar energetic
particle events McCracken 2007 paper Major result
of McCracken
investigation based on 10Be dating is: the estimated annual average heliospheric
magnetic field strength near Earth, 1428 — 2005, based on the inter-calibrated cosmic ray record as shown in Fig. 2 on p. 1073 (4
of 8).