• Mothra@mander.xyz
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    18 hours ago

    Appreciate the explanation. I’m still not totally getting what use it could have if it doesn’t behave like a magnet at all, but that’s a good start

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      17 hours ago

      So looking at it further, the use case is for a “spin faucet” that could be used to rapidly control the spin polarization of an electric current. I’m not really familiar with spintronics, but it could have big implications for computing hardware.