News articles tagged with 'ferromagnetic'
Physicists pave the way for graphene-based spin computer
— 15 Oct 2010 13:03 | TechnologyPhysicists at the University of California, Riverside have taken an important step forward in developing a 'spin computer' by successfully achieving 'tunneling spin injection' into…
Magnetism's subatomic roots
— 4 Sep 2010 10:39 | PhysicsThe modern world - with its ubiquitous electronic devices and electrical power - can trace its lineage directly to the discovery, less than two centuries ago, of the link between electricity…
Researchers 'stretch' a lackluster material into a possible electronics revolution
— 19 Aug 2010 09:22 | TechnologyIt's the Clark Kent of oxide compounds, and - on its own - it is pretty boring. But slice europium titanate nanometres thin and physically stretch it, and then it takes on super hero-like…
Researchers envision high-tech applications for 'multiferroic' crystals
— 13 Feb 2010 20:52 | TechnologyTwo of The Florida State University's most accomplished scientists recently joined forces on a collaborative research project that has yielded groundbreaking results involving an unusual…
Physicists observe magnetism in gas for the first time
— 3 Oct 2009 09:46 | PhysicsAn international team of physicists has for the first time observed magnetic behaviour in an atomic gas, addressing a decades-old debate as to whether it is possible for a gas or liquid…
Unexpectedly long-range effects in advanced magnetic devices
— 1 Jul 2009 17:27 | TechnologyA tiny grid pattern has led materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Institute of Solid State Physics in Russia to an unexpected finding…
Nanophysicists find unexpected magnetic effect
— 30 Apr 2009 11:43 | TechnologySpanish and U.S. physicists studying nanoelectronics have found that size really does matter when it comes to predicting the behaviour of electrical contacts that are just one atom…
Argonne scientists pinpoint mechanism to increase magnetic response of ferromagnetic semiconductor
— 26 Feb 2009 14:30 | TechnologyWhen squeezed, electrons increase their ability to move around. In compounds such as semiconductors and electrical insulators, such squeezing can dramatically change the electrical-…
New kind of MRI enables study of magnets for computer memory
— 21 Jul 2008 14:16 | TechnologyWhat is there to see inside a magnet that's smaller than the head of a pin? Quite a lot, say physicists who've invented a new kind of MRI technique to do just that…
New process creates 3-D nanostructures with magnetic materials
— 29 Jun 2008 14:57 | TechnologyMaterials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a process to build complex, three-dimensional nanoscale structures of magnetic materials…