Business and innovation Opinion and reviews So you think hard disks are boring? It’s time to get real James McKenzie gains a fascinating insight into the world of magnetics Read article: So you think hard disks are boring? It’s time to get real
Magnetism and spin Research update Applied magnetic field flips a material’s thermal expansion New technique could be an alternative to chemical substitution for regulating the expansion of magnetic materials Read article: Applied magnetic field flips a material’s thermal expansion
Quantum computing Research update IBM’s 127-qubit processor shows quantum advantage without error correction Quantum error mitigation used to calculate 2D Ising model Read article: IBM’s 127-qubit processor shows quantum advantage without error correction
Medical physics Feature Dynamic nuclear polarization: how a technique from particle physics is transforming medical imaging Jack Miller looks at the power of “dynamic nuclear polarization” in medicine Read article: Dynamic nuclear polarization: how a technique from particle physics is transforming medical imaging
Materials Research update Exchange bias in a single-layer film is created using ion implantation New approach could be used to create antiferromagnetic spintronics devices Read article: Exchange bias in a single-layer film is created using ion implantation
Magnetism and spin Research update Giant orbital magnetic moment appears in a graphene quantum dot New discovery could be important for quantum information science and magnetic field sensing Read article: Giant orbital magnetic moment appears in a graphene quantum dot
Nanomaterials Research update Thinner antiferroelectrics become ferroelectric Size reduction can turn on unexpected properties in oxide materials Read article: Thinner antiferroelectrics become ferroelectric
Magnetism and spin Research update New type of fractal emerges in spin ices Finding could have applications in magnetocaloric materials, spintronics, information storage and even quantum computing Read article: New type of fractal emerges in spin ices
Quantum Research update Dark spins could boost the performance of diamond-based quantum devices Studies show how surface defects interact with NV centres Read article: Dark spins could boost the performance of diamond-based quantum devices
Magnetism and spin Research update Large tunnel magnetoresistance appears at room temperature in a miniaturized magnetic tunnel junction New work on 2D van der Waals materials could aid the development of next-generation non-volatile spintronic memories Read article: Large tunnel magnetoresistance appears at room temperature in a miniaturized magnetic tunnel junction