Magnets tuned with lasers at room temperature could lead to faster hard drives and a new generation of computer chips.

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A laser trick in nanometer-thin magnets hints at faster storage and computing without exotic laboratory conditions ...

A powerful new method to control magnetic behaviour in ultra-thin materials could lead to faster, smaller and more energy-efficient technologies, a study suggests. Researchers have developed a new way ...