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Breathing life into an old model

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A classic theory of magnetism has been modernized by a novel use of thermodynamics. The theory can now describe the behaviour of ferromagnetic materials at higher temperatures.

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Giebultowicz, T. Breathing life into an old model. Nature 408, 299–301 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35042654

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