Nanomagnets offer food for thought about computer memories

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 09:30 in Mathematics & Economics

(PhysOrg.com) -- Magnetics researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) colored lots of eggs recently. Bunnies and children might find the eggs a bit small—in fact, too small to see without a microscope. But these "eggcentric" nanomagnets have another practical use, suggesting strategies for making future low-power computer memories.

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