Storing data on atomic roundabouts
Oct 11th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: PhysicsThere are right-handed and left-handed yoghurts, right-handed and left-handed snail shells, and right-handed and (occasionally) left-handed screws. Scientists at the University of Bonn have now demonstrated the existence of right-handed and left-handed “magnetic vortices”. Through their research, in collaboration with colleagues from Berlin and Geneva, they believe that this physical phenomenon could eventually lead to the construction of faster and more reliable hard disks. The physicists have reported their discovery in the latest issue of the journal Nature.
Source: PHYSORG.com
