Browse Physics

A new probe of magnetic monopoles in momentum space is proposed.

A new compound is found to be the best yet fully organic realization of a one-dimensional ferromagnet.

Even tiny interactions can dominate the properties of a frustrated quantum magnet at low temperatures.

The shape of the Fermi surface in a material can explain the counterintuitive effect of longitudinal magnetoresistance

The low-energy behavior in kagome antiferromagnets bears similarities with that of heavy-fermion compounds and quantum antiferromagnets.

High-pressure neutron diffraction reveals solid oxygen’s complex magnetic phase diagram.

With a clever design of a ferromagnetic Josephson junction, it is possible to observe a theoretically predicted, but difficult to measure, spin-triplet supercurrent.

Developments in detection allow nuclear forward scattering experiments to be performed at fields hitherto unusable for this technique.

New experiments indicate that the intrinsic regime of the anomalous Hall effect is independent of scattering.

Crystalline order is not a necessary condition for magnetic quantum tunneling in a molecular magnet.

Unconventional superconductors in the proximity of a topological insulator exhibit zero-energy Majorana surface states.

A dual spin valve with antiparallel outer layers is used to demonstrate a new form of current-dependent giant magnetoresistance.

Structurally soft materials—like shape memory alloys—are well suited to making epitaxial films.

First-principles calculations explore how magnetic interactions impede the formation of atomically thin wires.

The demonstration of all-optical spin-echo measurements may provide a route toward decoupling spins from noise sources.

The finding of a new duality theory could contribute to solving problems in quantum magnetism.

Density-functional calculations provide a comprehensive picture of how magnetic order evolves with doping in two iron pnictide compounds.

An advance in magnetic resonance force microscopy enhances its chemical sensitivity and opens up the possibility of identifying different organic substances at the nanoscale.

Researchers report an unusual critical scaling regime in a material that goes from a spin liquid to a spiral magnet upon application of a magnetic field.

Scientists identify the microscopic origin of a record magnetocaloric effect in Mn1+yFe1-y(P1-xGex).