Enhanced storage technology: multiferroic nanodots for low-power magnetic storage

Enhanced storage technology: multiferroic nanodots for low-power magnetic storage

BFCO 60 nm nanodots have a single domain structure and are promising for use in high-density and low-power non-volatile magnetic storage devices.Image source: Tokyo Institute of Technology Traditional storage devices …

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Large Hadron Collider experiment targets magnetic monopoles

Large Hadron Collider experiment targets magnetic monopoles

MoEDAL detector.Image source: CERN The late physicist Joseph Polchinski once said that the existence of magnetic monopoles is “one of the safest bets one can make about physics that has …

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Researchers show ancient magnetic cilia can be taught new tricks

Researchers show ancient magnetic cilia can be taught new tricks

The bends of NdFeB-based magnetic cilia magnetized in a horizontal magnetic field point upward. Image credit: Matthew R. Clary. Magnetic ciliated artificial hair, whose motion is driven by embedded magnetic …

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Let light “feel” magnetic fields like electrons

Let light "feel" magnetic fields like electrons

Observation of Landau energy levels in strained photonic crystal spectra. a, Experimentally measured band structure of the unstrained honeycomb pattern, showing the Dirac point b, Measured band structure of the …

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Spintronics study shows material’s magnetic properties can predict how spin current changes with temperature

Spintronics study shows material's magnetic properties can predict how spin current changes with temperature

Temperature dependence of the spin current signal and magnon polarization above and below the magnetic compensation temperature.Image source: Minami Yusuke Spintronics has received widespread attention due to its range of …

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