News articles tagged with 'spin'
Is space like a chessboard?
— 19 Mar 2011 14:14 | PhysicsPhysicists at UCLA set out to design a better transistor and ended up discovering a new way to think about the structure of space…
JQI physicists demonstrate coveted 'spin-orbit coupling' in atomic gases
— 3 Mar 2011 14:17 | PhysicsPhysicists at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland-College Park, have for the…
Smallest magnetic field sensor in the world
— 22 Feb 2011 23:21 | TechnologyFurther development of modern information technology requires computer capacities of increased efficiency at reasonable costs. In the past, integration density of the relevant electronic…
Neutron analysis reveals '2 doors down' superconductivity link
— 8 Feb 2011 17:24 | PhysicsNeutron scattering analysis of two families of iron-based materials suggests that the magnetic interactions thought responsible for high-temperature superconductivity may lie 'two doors…
Graphene and 'spintronics' combo looks promising
— 26 Jan 2011 17:49 | TechnologyA team of physicists has taken a big step toward the development of useful graphene spintronic devices. The physicists, from the City University of Hong Kong and the University of Science…
Armchair nanoribbons made into spintronic device
— 26 Jan 2011 17:46 | TechnologyIn a development that may revolutionise handheld electronics, flat-panel displays, touch panels, electronic ink, and solar cells, as well as drastically reduce their manufacturing costs,…
Curved carbon for electronics of the future
— 23 Jan 2011 19:44 | TechnologyA new scientific discovery could have profound implications for nanoelectronic components. Researchers from the Nano-Science Centre at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen,…
Study probes link between magnetism, superconductivity
— 14 Dec 2010 20:15 | PhysicsEuropean and U.S. physicists this week are offering up the strongest evidence yet that magnetism is the driving force behind unconventional superconductivity. The findings by researchers…
Scientists create highly ordered artificial spin ice using nanotechnology
— 30 Nov 2010 21:52 | TechnologyAn international team of researchers has succeeded in creating artificial spin ice in a state of thermal equilibrium for the first time, allowing them to examine the precise configuration…
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…