Skyrmions, in which electron spins inside a magnet are arranged like vortices, are a key structure in next-generation spintronics technology. KAIST researchers have shown that skyrmions can form using ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois have discovered a surprising mathematical connection between two areas of condensed ...

The relationship between friction and load, quantified three centuries ago, has an exception when the interaction causes ...

A material thought to be a quantum spin liquid actually exhibits a newly identified magnetic state caused by competing ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic interactions. Materials that enter a quantum ...

Artificial intelligence is colliding with a hard physical limit: the energy and heat of today’s silicon-based chips. As models grow from billions to trillions of parameters, the bottleneck is no ...

Engineers have discovered an unexpected link between two very different realms of physics: the behavior of electrons in ...

MP Materials could be a game-changer in the rare-earth industry as the U.S. looks to secure domestic sources of these crucial ...

The discovery of new quantum materials with magnetic properties are believed to pave the way for ultra-fast and considerably more energy efficient computers and mobile devices. So far, these types of ...

MP Materials has chosen Northlake, Texas, for its $1.25 billion rare earth magnet factory as the U.S. rushes to secure domestic supplies of critical minerals.

Organic magnetic materials represent an exciting frontier where the versatility of organic chemistry converges with the phenomena of magnetism. These materials, characterised by π‐conjugated systems ...

E arlier this month, Apple announced a new commitment of $500 million with MP Materials, the only fully integrated rare earth producer in the United States. With this multiyear deal, Apple is ...

MP Materials is building a new permanent magnet factory in Alliance, part of greater Fort Worth, Texas. This is part of a $700 million investment to re-shore a critical but often overlooked part of ...