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Third form of magnetism earns Europe's top physics prize
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/321612/20260726/third-form-magnetism-earns-europes-top-physics-prize-could-reshape-ai-hardware.htm
For 120 years, physics students learned that every magnetic material falls into one of two fundamental classes. That lesson is now obsolete. The European Physical Society announced Saturday that its 2026 Europhysics Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Condensed Matter Physics — one of Europe's most prestigious awards in the field, with a track record of preceding Nobel Prizes — has gone to the trio who proved that a third, long-hidden class of magnetism exists. Dr. Libor Šmejkal, Prof. Jairo Sinova, and Prof. Tomas Jungwirth discovered altermagnetism: a magnetic phase that eliminates the central design constraint holding back spintronic AI chips while operating naturally at terahertz speeds.
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/321612/20260726/third-form-magnetism-earns-europes-top-physics-prize-could-reshape-ai-hardware.htm
For 120 years, physics students learned that every magnetic material falls into one of two fundamental classes. That lesson is now obsolete. The European Physical Society announced Saturday that its 2026 Europhysics Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Condensed Matter Physics — one of Europe's most prestigious awards in the field, with a track record of preceding Nobel Prizes — has gone to the trio who proved that a third, long-hidden class of magnetism exists. Dr. Libor Šmejkal, Prof. Jairo Sinova, and Prof. Tomas Jungwirth discovered altermagnetism: a magnetic phase that eliminates the central design constraint holding back spintronic AI chips while operating naturally at terahertz speeds.
