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Manufacturing Bits: Aug. 3 World’s thinnest magnet Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the University of California at Berkeley and others have developed what researchers say is the world’s thinnest magnet. The one-atom-thin, two-dimensional (2D) magnet could one day pave the way towards new spin electronics or spintronics memory devices and other technologies in the market. Spintronics uses the orientation of an electron spin rather than a charge to encode data. 2D magnetic materials ar...

Credit: Berkeley Lab Illustration of the one-atom-thin 2D magnet. Red represents cobalt atoms; blue represents oxygen atoms; and yellow represents zinc atoms. The development of an ultrathin magnet that operates at room temperature could lead to new applications in computing and electronics — such as high-density, compact spintronic memory devices — and new tools for the study of quantum physics. The ultrathin magnet, which was recently reported in the journal Nature Communications, co...

Distinguished senior scientist emeritus Arthur Poskanzer spent the majority of his career working at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, or Berkeley Lab, where he developed some of his great achievements in nuclear physics. He died June 30, two days after his 90th birthday. Poskanzer was constantly thinking. During hikes in the woods or at home, sitting in his chair and propping his feet up on the ottoman, Poskanzer sought out his scientific notions through moments of silence, according ...

Distinguished senior scientist emeritus Arthur Poskanzer spent the majority of his career working at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, or Berkeley Lab, where he developed some of his great achievements in nuclear physics. He died June 30, two days after his 90th birthday.

UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab develop 1-atom-thin 2-dimensional magnet Lisi Ludwig/Senior Staff UC Berkeley professor Jie Yao and his team developed a one-atom-thin two-dimensional magnet that reached the "fundamental limit" proposed by physicists years ago. Reaching the “fundamental limit” proposed by physicists years ago, UC Berkeley associate professor in materials science and engineering Jie Yao and his team created a thinner two-dimensional magnet. The Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, o...

Physicists Just Broke The Record For Worlds Thinnest Magnet, And Its Wild A slice of material just a single atom thick is breaking records. The ultra-thin wafer is a magnet that operates at room temperature, opening up avenues for the development of technology, particularly memory devices, and for research into ferromagnetism and quantum physics.   Its a huge step up from previous attempts to make a 2D magnet, which have lost their magnetism and stability when removed from ultracold condition...

Scientists deconstruct the protein-based machine responsible for SARS-CoV-2 replication In February 2020, a trio of bio-imaging experts were sitting amiably around a dinner table at a scientific conference in Washington, D.C., when the conversation shifted to what was then a worrying viral epidemic in China. Without foreseeing the global disaster to come, they wondered aloud how they might contribute. Nearly a year and a half later, those three scientists and their many collaborators across thr...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Illustration of magnetic coupling in a cobalt-doped zinc-oxide monolayer. Red, blue, and yellow spheres represent cobalt, oxygen, and zinc atoms, respectively. view more  Credit: Berkeley Lab The development of an ultrathin magnet that operates at room temperature could lead to new applications in computing and electronics - such as high-density, compact spintronic memory devices - and new tools for the study of quantum physics. The ultrathin magnet, which was recentl...

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory The development of an ultrathin magnet that operates at room temperature could lead to new applications in computing and electronics – such as high-density, compact spintronic memory devices – and new tools for the study of quantum physics. The ultrathin magnet, which was recently reported in the journal Nature Communications , could make big advances in next-gen memories, computing, spintronics, and quantum physics. It was discovered by scientists ...