http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in the Electronic & Magnetic Materials & Devices Group (Argonne National Laboratory) and at Politecnico di Milano in Italy explored the limits of antiferromagnetism in a nanostructured material for the first time, measuring the temperature required to support antiferromagnetic order in atomic monolayers of manganese on tungsten as the dimensions of the structures are reduced. http://www.physorg.com/news174313334.html Nanotechnology Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:30:07 EST news174313334 Researchers from the Helmholtz Centre Berlin, in cooperation with colleagues from Dresden, St. Andrews, La Plata and Oxford, have for the first time observed magnetic monopoles and how they emerge in a real material. They publish this result in the journal Science within the Science Express web site on Sept. 3. http://www.physorg.com/news171209923.html Physics Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:19:12 EST news171209923 A team of Virginia Commonwealth University scientists has discovered a 'magnetic superatom' - a stable cluster of atoms that can mimic different elements of the periodic table - that one day may be used to create molecular electronic devices for the next generation of faster computers with larger memory storage. http://www.physorg.com/news164298138.html Physics Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:00:01 EST news164298138 (PhysOrg.com) -- Multiferroics are materials in which unique combinations of electric and magnetic properties can simultaneously coexist. They are potential cornerstones in future magnetic data storage and spintronic devices provided a simple and fast way can be found to turn their electric and magnetic properties on and off. In a promising new development, researchers with the DOE's Berkeley Lab working with a prototypical multiferroic have successfully demonstrated just such a switch -- electric fields. http://www.physorg.com/news162223157.html Physics Fri, 22 May 2009 15:01:46 EST news162223157