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Researchers demonstrate new way to control nonvolatile magnetic memory devices

(Phys.org) -- Cornell researchers have demonstrated a new strategy for making energy- efficient, reliable nonvolatile magnetic memory devices -- which retain information without electric power.

Physics / General Physics

created May 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers engineer molecular magnets to act as long-lived qubits

(PhysOrg.com) -- Some physicists today are investigating the possibility of using molecular magnets as information storage units in future quantum computers. Molecular magnets are molecules whose magnetic ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (14) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

Exotic new matter expected in ultracold atoms

(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as NASA engineers test new rocket designs in computer studies before committing themselves to full prototypes, so physicists will often model matter under various circumstances to see whether something ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

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

A 50-year quest to isolate the thermoelectric effect is now over: Magnon drag unveiled

In a paper published in Nature Materials, a group of researchers at the Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN, Spain) led by Prof. Sergio O. Valenzuela reports the observation of the magnon drag. This w ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (24) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Spin pumping effect proven for the first time

German physicists led by Prof. Dr. Hartmut Zabel have demonstrated the spin pumping effect in magnetic layers for the first time experimentally. The behaviour of the spin pumping had previously only been predicted theoretically. ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Neutron analysis reveals unique atom-scale behavior of 'cobalt blue'

Neutron scattering studies of "cobalt blue," a compound prized by artists for its lustrous blue hue, are revealing unique magnetic characteristics that could answer questions about mysterious properties in ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Locating the elusive: Scientists observe how material at room temperature exhibits 'multiferroic' properties

German researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) in close collaboration with colleagues in France and UK, have engineered a material that exhibits a rare and versatile trait in magnetism at room temperature. ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

Magnetic properties of a single proton directly observed for the first time

German researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM), together with their colleagues from the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg and the GSI Helmholtz ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Putting a new spin on computing

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at the University of Arizona have achieved a breakthrough toward the development of a new breed of computing devices that can process data using less power.

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Tunnel view of how electrons play

(PhysOrg.com) -- Electrons behave like football teams: the match becomes interesting when the teamwork is as good as that conjured up by the players of FC Barcelona. Electrons which interact strongly with ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

World's first Content Addressable Memory stores data without using power

NEC Corporation and Tohoku University announced today the development of the world's first content addressable memory (CAM) that both maintains the same high operation speed and non-volatile operation as existing ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

A new dimension in materials research

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the future, physicists will be able to follow a new lead in their search for new materials for electronic components, for example. An international team of researchers headed by scientists ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Ultra-fast magnetic reversal observed

A newly discovered magnetic phenomenon could accelerate data storage by several orders of magnitude.

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 6 | with audio podcast