The complex history of Earth's magnetic reversals
Throughout Earth's long geologic history, the magnetic pole has not remained stable.
Earth Sciences
Dec 11, 2018
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News tagged with magnetic recording
Future information technologies: Nanoscale heat transport under the microscope
A team of researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and the University of Potsdam has investigated heat transport in a model system comprising nanometre-thin metallic and magnetic layers. Similar systems are candidates ...
General Physics
Aug 22, 2018
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NASA's MMS breaks Guinness World Record
NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, or MMS, is breaking records. MMS now holds the Guinness World Record for highest altitude fix of a GPS signal. Operating in a highly elliptical orbit around Earth, the MMS satellites ...
Space Exploration
Nov 4, 2016
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Strongest magnetic field trapped in a superconductor is a world record
A world record for a trapped field in a superconductor, was achieved in 2014 by a team of engineers led by Professor David Cardwell.
Superconductivity
Sep 23, 2016
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Application of light-switched magnets within reach
A minuscule antenna which focuses a bundle of light is a technological development that has suddenly brought light-enabled magnetic storage of data within reach. In an article which appeared this week in Nano Letters, Radboud ...
Nanophysics
Oct 30, 2015
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Multilayer magnetic recording to realize high-density hard disk drives
Researchers at Toshiba have demonstrated a new technology in which microwave magnetic fields are used to reverse magnetization directions by selecting layers in a multilayer magnetic medium. The developed magnetization reversal ...
General Physics
Jul 7, 2015
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Technology helps improve production of laser-heated hard disk drives with enhanced storage capacities
Today's hard disk drives can hold terabytes of digital data, but manufacturers are having trouble squeezing more storage capacity into these devices using conventional procedures. Now, a new technique that promises to solve ...
General Physics
Nov 5, 2014
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Technique for heat-assisted magnetic recording media promises improved writeability for next-generation hard drives
Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) is a new process that realizes the three goals of magnetic recording—readability, writeability and stability. A*STAR researchers have now succeeded in improving its writeability by ...
General Physics
Oct 22, 2014
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Magnetic tape technology with the world's highest areal recording density
Sony today announced that by independently developing a soft magnetic underlayer with a smooth interface using sputter deposition, it has succeeded in creating a nano-grained magnetic layer with fine magnetic particles and ...
Hardware
Apr 30, 2014
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Adding carbon gives iron-platinum nanocrystals the ideal optical properties for heat-assisted magnetic recording
The disk drive in a computer works by using a magnetic field to change the physical properties of a tiny volume of a magnetically susceptible material. Current research aims to develop novel materials and technologies that ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 12, 2014
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