News tagged with giant magnetoresistance effect

Unexpectedly Long-Range Effects in Advanced Magnetic Devices

(PhysOrg.com) -- A tiny grid pattern has led materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Institute of Solid State Physics in Russia to an unexpected finding—the ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (11) | comments 2

'Colossal' Magnetic Effect Under Pressure

(PhysOrg.com) -- Millions of people today carry around pocket-sized music players capable of holding thousands of songs, thanks to the discovery 20 years ago of a phenomenon known as the “giant magnetoresistance ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 05, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (23) | comments 3




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Magnetic random-access memory based on new spin transfer technology achieves higher storage density

Solid-state memory is seeing an increase in demand due to the emergence of portable devices such as tablet computers and smart phones. Spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random-access memory (STT-MRAM) ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Research reveals vital insight into spintronics

(PhysOrg.com) -- Progress in electronics has relied heavily on reducing the size of the transistor to create small, powerful computers. Now spintronics, hailed as the successor to the transistor, looks set ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 03, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

New directions in data storage solutions

(PhysOrg.com) -- One day in the not-too-distant future, the entire contents of the Library of Congress might be stored on a device the size of a postage stamp.

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Electronic life on the edge: Scientists discover the edge states of graphene nanoribbons

(PhysOrg.com) -- As far back as the 1990s, long before anyone had actually isolated graphene – a honeycomb lattice of carbon just one atom thick – theorists were predicting extraordinary properties ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 08, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Smallest magnetic field sensor in the world developed

Further development of modern information technology requires computer capacities of increased efficiency at reasonable costs. In the past, integration density of the relevant electronic components was increased ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Powerful new way to control magnetism

A team of scientists at Rutgers University has found a material in which an electric field can control the overall magnetic properties of the material. If the magnetoelectric effect discovered by the Rutgers group can be ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 23, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Scientists spy Galfenol's inner beauty mark

(PhysOrg.com) -- The sonar on submarines may get far more sensitive ears in the near future thanks to a mysterious compound developed by the military. Developed over a decade ago, it took a collaboration of ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Spinning into the future of data storage

Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have improved their understanding of the inner workings of our computers and mp3 players, thanks to an exciting new field of research called 'organic spintronics'.

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Nov 24, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 0

A card-swipe for medical tests: Diagnostic device uses same principle as hard disks, MP3 players

University of Utah scientists successfully created a sensitive prototype device that could test for dozens or even hundreds of diseases simultaneously by acting like a credit card-swipe machine to scan a card ...

Chemistry /

created Oct 30, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Position sensors: magnets know their place

Non-contact position sensors are small but important parts of many modern machines. Researchers have used a phenomenon known as magnetoresistance to develop a practical, low-cost position sensor that performs ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 25, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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