Georgetown University researchers have discovered a new class of strong magnets that do not rely on rare-earth or precious ...

Researchers demonstrate how to change the frequency of the collective magnetic oscillations of a material by up to 40% by ...

By forcing crystal structures to compete, scientists uncovered a new way to make magnetism twist. Florida State University ...

Florida State University scientists have engineered a new crystal that forces atomic magnets to swirl into complex, repeating ...

Magnetism is usually taught as a story of straight lines, with field arrows marching neatly from north to south. In a lab at Florida State University, that picture has just been shattered by a new ...

Scientists from IBM and the German Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) have built the world's smallest magnetic data storage unit. It uses just twelve atoms per bit, the basic unit of ...

College Park, MD (April 19, 2011) — Using well-known patterned media, a team of researchers in France has figured out a way to double the areal density of information by essentially cutting the ...

Due to our growing dependence on data, scientists are always looking for stable ways to store electronic files. A multinational team comprised of experts from the United States, China and Germany ...

The new storage system could hold family photos, cultural artifacts and the master versions of digital artworks, movies, manuscripts and music for thousands of years, scientists say.