A team of researchers has proposed a new concept for magnet-based memory devices, which might revolutionize information storage devices owing to their potential for large-scale integration, ...

Over the past decades, electronics engineers have been trying to develop increasingly smaller devices that can store information reliably, even when they are not powered on. A promising type of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The new metamaterial designed by Kong and his team at Rice can be controlled remotely to rapidly transform its size and shape.

The ability to control a magnetic state electrically is made possible by a phenomenon called giant magnetoresistance. This Nobel-prizewinning discovery kicked off the research field known as ...

A team of chemists has developed a new type of magnetic molecule that could be the key to storing vast amounts of data on absolutely miniscule drives. How much data are we talking here? "This new ...

Imagine a future where computers can learn and make decisions in ways that mimic human thinking, but at a speed and efficiency that are orders of magnitude greater than the current capability of ...

A new magnetic material breakthrough has been achieved by scientists, which can indirectly lead to the end of the current memory and storage crisis.

Quantum mechanics states that electrons have two stable spins—up and down. With the advent of nanoscale fabrication methods, device companies are harnessing this knowledge to create devices. The ...

Researchers demonstrate a new strategy for magnetization reversal in multiferroic materials, opening pathways to more energy-efficient electronics. (Nanowerk News) As the digital world demands greater ...

Researchers at Rice University created a soft but sturdy material that can transform in the blink of an eye when exposed to a basic handheld magnet—and then stabilize with no batteries or electricity.