Spintronics -- devices that use microscopic magnetism in conjunction with electric current -- could lead to computing technology as fast as conventional electronics but much more energy efficient. As ...

Using neutron scattering and voltage measurements, a group of researchers have discovered that a material's magnetic properties can predict spin current changes with temperature. The finding is a ...

Researchers from CIC nanoGUNE, in collaboration with international partners, have achieved the first seamless 2D spintronics device made entirely from proximitized structures. They report a ...

Ongoing research into spintronicsa method aimed at enabling spin-polarized current flow through semiconductorsis likely to result in a new class of multifunctional Ongoing research into spintronics—a ...

Physicists have discovered that a quantum mechanical phenomenon previously understood to only occur at extremely low temperatures can happen at room temperature. Even better, the currents they ...

Cholesterol, best known for its link to heart disease, may play an unexpected role in future electronics. Indian researchers ...

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The processor, integrated graphics, and other embedded components that make up some of the most popular low-power, ultra-light PCs require so little power that their power supplies and batteries are ...

A team of scientists led by Ron Jansen at the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology of the University of Twente (Enschede, The Netherlands) and the FOM Foundation has demonstrated for the first time the ...

Switching of spin structure in an antiferromagnetic device using electric current. The device temperature rises to the point where thermal as well as electromagnetic (spin torque) effects contribute ...

The field of spintronics has evolved significantly since the pioneering discoveries of spin injection and giant magnetoresistance in the 1980s, which relied on spin-polarized electron injection from a ...