Research Roundup: Physicists discover new magnetic phase, fingernail-sized chip could advance imaging, AI model to predict brain activity

Physicists discover a new magnetic phase In the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), the U.S. Department of Energy’s Laboratory in collaboration with the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility uncovered confirmatory evidence of a third magnetic phase: altermagnetism. The research team published their findings in Science this week. Altermagnetism has potential applications in next-generation electronics like memory devices, data centers and quantum technologies. For decades, physicists recognized ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism as the only two unique magnetic phases that occur in a material without external influence. First theorized in 2022, altermagnetism has now been confirmed by researchers who have been compiling experimental evidence for years.

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