Magnetic-memory devices of the future could be based on 'spintronics', through switching the directions of electron spins. New work confirms the physics behind a spin-switching mechanism.
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Sun, J. Spintronics gets a magnetic flute. Nature 425, 359–360 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/425359a
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