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Fire in a Quantum Mechanical Forest

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Je-Geun Park and Carley Paulsen, Physics 6, 55 (2013) – Published May 13, 2013
A new experimental scheme allows the controlled generation and observation of magnetic avalanches, a cascade of spin flips that propagates through a magnetic sample like a three-dimensional fire.
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Charge Hopping in Glassy Magnets

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Gavin Lawes, Physics 5, 35 (2012) – Published March 19, 2012
In some transition metal oxides, disorder makes  the dielectric constant highly sensitive to an applied magnetic field over a broad range of temperatures.
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Multiferroic Propellers

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Maxim Mostovoy, Physics 5, 16 (2012) – Published February 6, 2012
Helicoidal magnetic order induces a record high electrical polarization.
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Zigzag Polarization Straightens Magnetization Out

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Manfred Fiebig, Physics 4, 95 (2011) – Published November 14, 2011
Ferroelectric domain patterns enable voltage-induced magnetization reversal in a magnetic alloy.
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Retrospective—Electromagnons offer the best of two worlds

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Michel Kenzelmann, Physics 4, 88 (2011) – Published October 31, 2011
Electromagnons open up new opportunities to control electric and magnetic properties.
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Towards colossal magnetoelectricity?

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Dimitri N. Argyriou, Physics 3, 72 (2010) – Published August 23, 2010
Experiments show that it may be possible to achieve control of magnetization by an external electric field in a material by altering the balance between competing physical processes.
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Switching magnetism with electric fields

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Wolfgang Kleemann, Physics 2, 105 (2009) – Published December 14, 2009
The magnetic state of a multiferroic device can be controlled purely by an electric field—a property that could greatly reduce overheating in data storage devices.