Physics professor makes nanomagnetism discovery
Dr. Karine Chesnel has always been fascinated with understanding how things work, particularly the secrets of magnetism.
General Physics
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Team makes orientation of magnetism adjustable in new materials
Nanotechnologists at the UT research institute MESA+ are now able to create materials in which they can influence and precisely control the orientation of the magnetism at will. An interlayer just 0.4 nanometres thick is ...
Nanophysics
Mar 8, 2016
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First all-antiferromagnetic memory device could get digital data storage in a spin
If you haven't already heard of antiferromagnetic spintronics it won't be long before you do. This relatively unused class of magnetic materials could be about to transform our digital lives. They have the potential to make ...
General Physics
Jan 14, 2016
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What happens when your brain can't tell which way is up?
In space, there is no "up" or "down." That can mess with the human brain and affect the way people move and think in space. An investigation on the International Space Station seeks to understand how the brain changes in ...
Space Exploration
Oct 13, 2015
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Using magnetic permeability to store information
Scientists have made promising steps in developing a new magnetic memory technology, which is far less susceptible to corruption by magnetic fields or thermal exposure than conventional memory.
General Physics
Sep 10, 2015
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Scientists film magnetic memory in super slow-motion
Researchers at DESY have used high-speed photography to film one of the candidates for the magnetic data storage devices of the future in action. The film was taken using an X-ray microscope and shows magnetic vortices being ...
General Physics
Nov 28, 2014
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Researchers generate electron spin vortex state "skyrmion molecules"
RIKEN, the University of Tokyo, and the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS; President: Sukekatsu Ushioda) succeeded for the first time in generating and visualizing electron spin vortex state "skyrmion molecules" ...
General Physics
Feb 25, 2014
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Breakthrough in memory technologies could bring faster computing, smaller memory device
Memory devices like disk drives, flash drives and RAM play an important role in our lives. They are an essential component of our computers, phones, electronic appliances and cars. Yet current memory devices have significant ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Aug 12, 2013
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Controlling skyrmions for better electronics
Physicists at the University of Hamburg managed for the first time to individually write and delete single skyrmions, a knot-like magnetic entity. Such vortex-shaped magnetic structures exhibit unique properties which make ...
General Physics
Aug 8, 2013
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Controlling magnetic clouds in graphene
(Phys.org) —Wonder material graphene can be made magnetic and its magnetism switched on and off at the press of a button, opening a new avenue towards electronics with very low energy consumption.
Nanomaterials
Jun 12, 2013
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