AI SCIENCE
A magnetic personality disorder
Scientists have made a breakthrough that could lead to smaller computers that work more like the human brain while using far less electricity.
The discovery involves skyrmions, tiny magnetic structures that could help computers store and process information more efficiently.
Size isn't everything, says science
In a study published in Nature Nanotechnology, researchers in Germany found new ways to observe and control these structures.
For the first time, scientists filmed a group of skyrmions breaking apart in real time. They also managed to change their size and shape while filming.
This could help researchers develop new computer technology with several benefits:
Computers could process information using much less energy.
More data could fit into smaller devices.
Future computers could use magnetism to process information in ways similar to the human brain.
The technology is still in its early stages, but the findings could help researchers build more energy-efficient computers and improve quantum technology.
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