One of Europe's highest distinctions in condensed matter physics has been awarded for a discovery that is reshaping our understanding of magnetism: The 2026 Europhysics Prize of the European Physical ...

Scientists have discovered evidence of altermagnetism in a thin, highly tunable material that could help electronics use electron spin instead of relying only on electrical charge. The unusual ...

In collaboration with international partners, researchers at the University of Stuttgart have experimentally demonstrated a previously unknown form of magnetism in atomically thin material layers. The ...

Moving toward an era of computing with 'spin' after chargeA team led by Professor Madhab Neupane at the University of Central Florida (UCF) has announced the experimental observation of a new type of ...

University of Toronto-led physicists have shown that hidden octupolar magnetic order leaves a detectable handedness signature ...

Most magnets have two poles: north and south, or positive and negative, in a familiar arrangement called a "dipole." But ...

Scientists studying Chang’e-6 lunar soil have discovered a previously unknown magnetic mineral in natural Moon samples: a form of metallic iron called γ-Fe. Found inside tiny impact-glass particles, ...

Physicists have experimentally demonstrated an exotic form of magnetism in a metal that could be useful for realizing future data-storage devices. (Nanowerk News) In fridge magnets and other ...

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Recent research investigates the role of primordial magnetic fields in the discrepancy of the Hubble constant values.

Schematic illustration of the structure of an altermagnetic crystal: The unique symmetry of the electron distribution underlies the extraordinary properties of this newly discovered class of magnetic ...