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The Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction — the mechanism behind weak ferromagnetism — has been difficult to probe experimentally. Now, significant progress is reported that has important implications for a wide range of magnetic phenomena.

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Figure 1: The Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya (DM) interaction leads to a contribution to a system's magnetic energy in a complicated way.

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Hu, C. Giving directions. Nature Phys 10, 180–181 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys2899

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