New Images Suggest Spin Can Be Manipulated

Monday, April 26, 2010 - 16:50 in Physics & Chemistry

Physicists at Ohio University and the University of Hamburg in Germany have captured  the first images of atomic spin in action.  The research indicates that scientists can observe and perhaps manipulate spin, a finding that may impact future development of nanoscale magnetic storage, quantum computers and spintronic devices. The images have been published in a new Nature Nanotechnology study. read more

Read the whole article on

More from

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net