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Major Breakthrough in Methods of Information Processing in Nanomagnets

Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have achieved a major breakthrough in the development of methods of information processing in nanomagnets. Using a new trick, they have been able to induce synchronous motion of the domain walls in a ferromagnetic nanowire. This involved applying a pulsed magnetic field that was perpendicular to the plane of the domain walls.

9 Apr 2014

Magnetic Nanoparticle Hyperthermia May Hold Promise for Breast Cancer Treatment

In a presentation exploring the promise of magnetic nanoparticle (mNP) hyperthermia in breast cancer treatment, Dartmouth researcher P. Jack Hoopes, DMV, PhD, reviewed preclinical studies conducted at Norris Cotton Cancer Center and discuss plans for early-phase clinical studies in humans at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).

8 Apr 2014

Embedded Nanomagnets May Help Advance Portable RF Electronics and Communication Systems

Research from University of California, Berkeley scientists sponsored by Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the world’s leading university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies, promises to revolutionize portable radio frequency (RF) electronics and communication systems via advancements in on-chip inductors by leveraging embedded nanomagnets.

19 Mar 2014

Nicholas Kurti Science Prize 2014 Awarded to Alexander Khajetoorians from the University of Hamburg

Oxford Instruments is pleased to announce that the 2014 winner of the Nicholas Kurti Science Prize is Dr. Alexander Ako Khajetoorians from Institute of Applied Physics, University of Hamburg.

From Oxford Instruments Nanoscience 27 Feb 2014

Advances in Using Nanoparticles and Magnetism to Treat Cancer

Using tiny particles designed to target cancer-fighting immune cells, Johns Hopkins researchers have trained the immune systems of mice to fight melanoma, a deadly skin cancer.

26 Feb 2014

Researchers Develop Method for Creating Spin Waves in Magnetic Materials

Researchers at New York University have developed a method for creating and directing fast moving waves in magnetic fields that have the potential to enhance communication and information processing in computer chips and other consumer products.

30 Jan 2014

Researchers Reproduce Antiferromagnetic Coupling in Nanoscopic Materials

Electronic devices such as mobile phones and tablets spur on a scientific race to find smaller and smaller information processing and storage elements. One of the challenges in this race is to reproduce certain magnetic effects at nanometre scale.

20 Dec 2013

UC Researchers Create Nanomagnetic Researchers, a Viable Replacement for Computer Transistors

New work by researchers at UC Berkeley could soon transform the building blocks of modern electronics by making nanomagnetic switches a viable replacement for the conventional transistors found in all computers.

21 Nov 2013

Imperfections in 2D Materials Lead to Nanoscale Magnets

According to a new theory by Rice University scientists, imperfections in certain two-dimensional materials create the conditions by which nanoscale magnetic fields arise.

15 Nov 2013

Researchers Study how Bacteria Create Magnetite Nanoparticles Using MamP Protein

By the time people began to look for viable routes on the ocean with the help of a compass needle in the 12th century, magnetic navigational aids had already long been in use by other living creatures. Migratory birds orient themselves with respect to the Earth’s magnetic field, but some unicellular organisms, called magnetotactic bacteria, do as well. They carry within them a chain of nanoparticles of magnetite, a magnetic mineral that functions as an internal compass.

31 Oct 2013