New optical "shaking" technique switches an antiferromagnetic material into a ferromagnetic one in just a few picoseconds
Read article: Light-induced lattice vibrations could speed up data recording
Physicists propose alternative explanation for phenomenon previously attributed to "screening" of conducting electrons in metals at low temperature
Read article: New quasiparticle may mimic Kondo-effect signal
New work might aid the development of next-generation non-volatile magnetic memories
Read article: Strain induces nonlinear Hall effect in monolayer material
Smoke-ring-like structures might have applications in energy-efficient 3D data storage and processing
Read article: 3D vortex rings appear in a bulk magnet
A strategy to generate and manipulate magnetic fields at a distance could find application in medicine and neuroscience
Read article: ‘Magnetic illusion’ can create magnetic fields at a distance
New material could be used to make spintronics devices without the hazards of its lead-based cousin
Read article: Magnetic perovskite gets the lead out
Novel lightweight materials have magnetic ordering temperatures and coercivities comparable to commercially available inorganic magnets
Read article: Metal–organic magnets break records
Proof-of-principle study finds that today's lasers are intense enough to generate super-strong fields from “pre-seeded” weaker ones
Read article: Microtube implosions could produce megatesla magnetic fields
Researchers image domain wall reversal in an ultrathin van der Waals ferromagnet for the first time
Read article: Diamond microscope probes magnetism in 2D materials
Electron spin current is generated without the need for large external magnetic fields
Read article: Spin valve uses coupled quantum dots and tiny magnetic fields
