New kind of MRI enables study of magnets for computer memory

Image of an array of microscopic magnets taken with scanned probe ferromagnetic resonance force microscopy -- a new imaging technique invented by Ohio State University physicists and colleagues. The disk-shaped magnets measure only two micrometers (millionths of a meter) across. Image courtesy of Ohio State University.


New kind of MRI enables study of magnets for computer memory

Jul 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
(PhysOrg.com) -- What is there to see inside a magnet that's smaller than the head of a pin? Quite a lot, say physicists who've invented a new kind of MRI technique to do just that.