Giant Leap in Magnet Research Leading to Faster Electronics
Researchers pushing the limits of magnets as a means to create faster electronics published their proof of concept findings on April 10, 2020, in the…
Magnetism
‘Cheerios Effect’ Forces Directly Measured for the First Time
There’s an interesting fluid dynamics phenomenon that happens every morning in millions of cereal bowls. When there are just a few bits of cereal left…
5 Billion of These Super-Strong Magnetic Supercrystals Can Fit on a Pinhead
Materials scientists who work with nano-sized components have developed ways of working with their vanishingly small materials. But what if you could get your components…
Surprising Discovery Made When Supercomputer Simulations Explore Magnetic Reconnection
Making connections: Bringing astrophysical processes down to Earth Magnetic reconnection, a process in which magnetic field lines tear and come back together, releasing large amounts…
Fragmented Magnetism – Elusive Atomic-Scale Magnetic Signal Revealed
Researchers from Boston College, MIT, and UC Santa Barbara reveal an elusive atomic-scale magnetic ‘signal’ in a Mott insulator. Chestnut Hill, Mass. — Probing the…
Engineers Use Voltage to Control Magnetic Memory
New research details how a MIT-based team has made important strides in the concept of using an electrical signal to control a magnetic memory. A…
Researchers Reveal New Secrets about Superconductivity and Magnetism
Researchers detail new secrets about how superconductivity and magnetism can be related, revealing more about the quantum world of electrons. Superconducting materials exhibit unexpected behaviors…
Scientists Generate Magnetic Field by Using Heat Instead of Electricity
In a newly published study, EPFL scientists have for the first time predicted and experimentally verified the existence of the Magnetic Seebeck Effect. EPFL scientists…
Scientists Probe the Properties of a Fluctuating Magnetism Known as a Spin-Liquid State
A newly published study provides a detailed analysis of how herbertsmithite’s electrons respond to light, revealing a signature in the optical conductivity of the spin-liquid…
Researchers Control Magnetic Clouds in Graphene, Switch Magnetism On and Off
Scientists from the University of Manchester have shown for the first time that magnetic clouds in graphene can be controllably dissipated and then condensed back,…
Cherenkov Radiation Effect in a Line of Point Charges
A newly published study suggests that the interaction between a surface and a charge packet moving parallel to it can become repulsive above a critical…
Discovery of Magnetic Field That Can Flip Heat Flow
Scientists discovered a magnetic field that can control the flow of heat from one body to another. It was first predicted 50 years ago, and…
Ultrashort Pulses of Infrared Light Trigger Changes in Magnetism
A newly published study details how scientists used femtosecond X-ray pulses from a free-electron laser to capture nanoscale, light-induced changes in a material made of…
Water-Repellent Ferrous Nanoparticles May Help Clean Oil Spills
By using water-repellent ferrous nanoparticles that mix with oil and can be separated from water by using magnets, MIT researchers have developed a new technique…
Scientists Switch On and Off Magnetism Using Quantum Mechanics
In a newly published study, an international team of scientists described how they used quantum mechanics to switch on and off the magnetism in a…
Spin State Interaction from Copper Based Materials
To further understand magnetism and superconductivity, scientists examined the “spin states” and responses of two-dimensional lattices to extreme pressures, finding strong magnetic and lattice-structure coupling….
X-Ray Lasers Show Difference in Iron and Nickel Spins
While using X-ray pulses, a team of scientists was able to observe how magnetism in nickel and iron atoms works, which could lead to faster…
“Designer Electrons” Have Tunable Properties
The first ever electrons with tunable properties were observed at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. By repositioning the carbon monoxide molecules that were placed on…