Seen at Physorg http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-stars.html
And the Paper in Arxiv http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1106/1106.1468v1.pdf

Interesting.  I guess it kind of relates to the Parker Spiral, formed by the interaction of the Sun’s magnetic field with its solar wind, and the Sun’s observed surface rotation.

Probably. but the point is one more evidence of the impact of electromagnetism in the shape of our universe.