Magnets have fascinated mankind for millenia. A group of CUI
researchers and colleagues has just published the results of a study on magnets
in the November issue of Nature Physics; an illustration of the magnetic phases
from the computer simulation is featured on the cover.
From the Greek philosophers to scientists of the modern era,
which saw the rise of quantum mechanics,
magnets have been pondered and investigated. Nowadays, they are not only
intriguing oddities of nature, but also constitute crucial building blocks of
modern technology: Ranging from data storage over medical instrumentation to
transportation. And yet, to this day, they continue to puzzle scientists.