New nanoring design shows potential for generating short magnetic pulses
A bimetallic nanoring that generates a short magnetic pulse when irradiated by a laser pulse has been theoretically studied by A*STAR researchers. It shows exciting potential for investigating magnetic...
View ArticleMulti-satellite mission directly observes electron acceleration by...
(Phys.org)—An international team of researchers working on a project that involves monitoring and studying data received from a group of satellites that has been stationed very close to one another in...
View ArticleSingle-atom magnet breaks new ground for future data storage
EPFL scientists have built a single-atom magnet that is the most stable to-date. The breakthrough paves the way for the scalable production of miniature magnetic storage devices.
View ArticleA new spintronics material promises huge leaps in computer data storage
An international team of researchers have been using Diamond Light Source to examine what could be the future of computer storage, with results published in Science. The action centres on a new device...
View ArticleNew method for selectively controlling the motion of multiple sized...
As our technology downsizes, scientists often operate in microscopic-scale jungles, where modern-day explorers develop new methods for transporting microscopic objects of different sizes across non...
View ArticleSkyrmions—magnetic vortices for IT of the future
Magnetic vortices - so-called skyrmions - were predicted theoretically more than 25 years ago, but it has only been possible to observe them experimentally in magnetic materials in recent years....
View ArticleOxyhalides—a new class of high-tc multiferroic materials
Novel devices capable of rapidly and reliably switching magnetic states by acting on the electronic charge state are predicted to be of prime importance for tomorrow's data storage. Their realization...
View ArticleShort-wavelength spin waves generated directly for the first time
With the rapid advance of miniaturization, data processing using electric currents faces tough challenges, some of which are insurmountable. Magnetic spin waves are a promising alternative for the...
View ArticlePhysicists enable one-dimensional atom chains to grow
Physicists at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and the Vienna University of Technology have successfully created one-dimensional magnetic atom chains for the first time. Their...
View ArticleJuno spacecraft in safe mode for latest Jupiter flyby
NASA's Juno spacecraft entered safe mode Tuesday, Oct. 18 at about 10:47 p.m. PDT (Oct. 19 at 1:47 a.m. EDT). Early indications are a software performance monitor induced a reboot of the spacecraft's...
View ArticleMagnetic resonance imaging to predict the salt content of Iberian ham
Researchers from the Meat and Meat Products Research Institute of the University of Extremadura have developed a non-destructive, innocuous method for quantifying the salt content of Iberian ham and...
View ArticleA new perovskite could lead the next generation of data storage
EPFL scientists have developed a new perovskite material with unique properties that can be used to build next-generation hard drives.
View ArticleEngineering researchers develop a process that could make big data and cloud...
As big data and cloud applications flourish, one of the grand challenges for future computing is finding energy-efficient methods for data storage.
View ArticleNew perovskite material to define the next generation of hard drives
The amount of data generated on a daily basis is quickly surpassing the storage capabilities of today's hard drives. In order to keep up, the next generation of hard drives must use materials with...
View ArticleNew data mining resource for organic materials available
A new, freely accessible database of organic and organometallic materials' electronic structures is now available online for research with quantum materials.
View ArticleBetter nanoimages 'spin' the path to improved magnetic memory
In work that could help make possible a faster, longer-lasting and lower-energy method of data storage for consumers and businesses, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology...
View ArticleManipulating magnetic textures
While the ability to easily control the magnetic properties of small electronic systems is highly desirable for future small electronics and data storage, an effective solution has proven to be...
View ArticleWatching rust transform into iron
Using a state-of-the-art microscopy technique, experimenters at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have witnessed a slow-motion, atomic-scale transformation...
View ArticleCassini, Voyager missions suggest new picture of Sun's interaction with galaxy
New data from NASA's Cassini mission, combined with measurements from the two Voyager spacecraft and NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, suggests that our sun and planets are surrounded by...
View ArticleMajor leap towards data storage at the molecular level
From smartphones to supercomputers, the growing need for smaller and more energy efficient devices has made higher density data storage one of the most important technological quests.
View ArticleOptical control of magnetic memory—New insights into fundamental mechanisms
This is an important clue for our theoretical understanding of optically controlled magnetic data storage media. The findings are published at August 25th in the journal Scientific Reports.
View ArticleBit data goes anti-skyrmions
Today's world, rapidly changing because of "big data", is encapsulated in trillions of tiny magnetic objects - magnetic bits - each of which stores one bit of data in magnetic disk drives. A group of...
View ArticleFast magnetic writing of data
Magnetic data storage has long been considered too slow for use in the working memories of computers. Researchers at ETH have now investigated a technique by which magnetic data writing can be done...
View ArticleQuantum sensors decipher magnetic ordering in a new semiconducting material
For the first time, physicists have successfully imaged spiral magnetic ordering in a multiferroic material. These materials are considered highly promising candidates for future data storage media....
View ArticleRecently discovered phenomenon could provide a way to bypass the limits to...
New research has shown that an exotic kind of magnetic behavior discovered just a few years ago holds great promise as a way of storing data—one that could overcome fundamental limits that might...
View Article10 years of the trapped rainbow—the revolution of slow light
A decade on from suggesting light can be dramatically slowed - or even stopped - by new materials, Ortwin Hess reviews the progress and applications.
View ArticleMagnetic skyrmions found to hold the potential of storing electronic data
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with members from the U.S., Germany and China has found that magnetic skyrmions could one day be used as a means of storing electronic data. In their paper published in...
View ArticleCan data save dolphins? How scientists are using NASA data to study link...
The age-old mystery of why otherwise healthy dolphins, whales and porpoises get stranded along coasts worldwide deepens: After a collaboration between NASA scientists and marine biologists, new...
View ArticleUsing electricity to switch magnetism
At TU Wien, researchers have taken a major step toward linking electrical and magnetic material properties, which is crucial for possible applications in electronics.
View ArticleScientists catch light squeezing and stretching next-gen data storage material
Scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have seen for the first time how atoms in iron-platinum nanoparticles – a next-generation material for magnetic data...
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