December 2012

2012 is soon over, now's the time to reflect back... here are the top 10 stories posted on Spintronics-Info in the past year, ranked by popularity (i.e. how many people read the story):

1. New spin valve "RAM" provides indefinite number of re-write cycles (Mar 8)
2. A new class of topological insulators discovered, may have spintronics applications (Feb 14)
3. The spintronic properties of gallium manganese arsenide finally explained (Feb 29)
4. Intel's new neuromorphic chip design uses multi-input lateral spin valves and memristors (Jun 19)
5. Researcher develop an electrical switch for magnetic current (Mar 1)
6. Recent progress in silicon spintronics presentation (Jan 27)
7. Graphene and Cobalt combined to make a material in which spin can be set (May 6)
8. Buckyballs for Spintronics research granted €1.5 million from the ERC (Jan 22)
9. New plastic-based spintronics magnetic field sensor developed, is "dirt cheap" (Jun 15)
10. Researchers managed to optically control magnetism (Apr 10)

Here's for an awesome 2013. May you all enjoy the holidays!