Hacker NewsJul 16, 2025
Altermagnets: The first new type of magnet in nearly a century
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2487013-weve-discovered-a-new-kind-of-magnetism-what-can-we-do-with-it/
#ycombinator #magnets #computing #electromagnetism #technology #physics #atomic_physics
We’ve discovered a new kind of magnetism. What can we do with it?

Researchers have found the first new type of magnet in nearly a century. Now, these strange "altermagnets" could help us build an entirely new type of computer

New Scientist
 Hacker NewsJan 7, 2025
Physicists Magnetize a Material with Light
https://news.mit.edu/2024/physicists-magnetize-material-using-light-1218
#ycombinator #MIT_physics #Nuh_Gedik #Batyr_Ilyas #Alexander_von_Hoegen #Tianchuang_Luo #antiferromagnet #magnetic_memory #Electronics #Physics #Terahertz_laser #phonon #resonance #atomic_physics
Physicists magnetize a material with light

MIT physicists created a long-lasting magnetic state in a material, using only light. The results provide a new way to control and switch antiferromagnetic materials, which are of interest for their potential to advance information processing and memory chip technology.

MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology