A Magnetic Moment (IMAGE)

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A Magnetic Moment

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A new study by researchers at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory determined that magnetic skyrmions -- small electrically uncharged circular structures with a spiraling magnetic pattern -- do get deflected by an applied current, much like a curveball getting deflected by air.

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Mark Lopez, Argonne National Laboratory

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